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And it certainly seemed to me that Sangree's face underwent a sudden and visible alteration. He was staring at Joan, and as he stared the change ran over it like a shadow and was gone. AND IT CERTAINLY SEEMED TO ME THAT SANGREE'S FACE UNDERWENT A SUDDEN AND VISIBLE ALTERATION HE WAS STARING AT JOAN AND AS HE STARED THE CHANGE RAN OVER IT LIKE A SHADOW AND WAS GONE
he fire out for safety. But before we separated for the night the clergyman had a time-honoured little ritual of his own to go through that no one had the heart to deny him. He always did this. It was a relic of his pulpit habits. He glanced briefly from one to the other of us, his face grave and earnest, his hands lifted to the stars and his eyes all closed and puckered up beneath a momentary frown. Then he offered up a short, almost inaudible prayer, thanking Heaven for our safe arrival, begging for good weather, no illness or accidents, plenty of fish, and strong sailing winds. And then, unexpectedly—no one knew why exactly—he ended up with an abrupt request that nothing from the kingdom of darkness should be allowed to afflict our peace, and no evil thing come near to disturb us in the night-time. And while he uttered these last surprising words, so strangely unlike his usual ending, it chanced that I looked up and let my eyes wander round the group assembled about the dying fire.  ND PUTTING THE FIRE OUT FOR SAFETY BUT BEFORE WE SEPARATED FOR THE NIGHT THE CLERGYMAN HAD A TIME HONOURED LITTLE RITUAL OF HIS OWN TO GO THROUGH THAT NO ONE HAD THE HEART TO DENY HIM HE ALWAYS DID THIS IT WAS A RELIC OF HIS PULPIT HABITS HE GLANCED BRIEFLY FROM ONE TO THE OTHER OF US HIS FACE GRAVE AND EARNEST HIS HANDS LIFTED TO THE STARS AND HIS EYES ALL CLOSED AND PUCKERED UP BENEATH A MOMENTARY FROWN THEN HE OFFERED UP A SHORT ALMOST INAUDIBLE PRAYER THANKING HEAVEN FOR OUR SAFE OR SAFE ARRIVAL BEGGING FOR GOOD WEATHER NO ILLNESS OR ACCIDENTS PLENTY OF FISH AND STRONG SAILING WINDS AND THEN UNEXPECTEDLY NO ONE KNEW EXACTLY WHY HE ENDED UP WITH AN ABRUPT REQUEST THAT NOTHING FROM THE KINGDOM OF DARKNESS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO AFFLICT OUR PEACE AND NO EVIL THING COME NEAR TO DISTURB US IN THE NIGHT TIME AND WHILE HE UTTERED THESE LAST SURPRISING WORDS SO STRANGELY UNLIKE HIS USUAL ENDING IT CHANCED THAT I LOOKED UP AND LET MY EYES WANDER ROUND THE GROUP ASSEMBLED ABOUT THE DYING FIRE 
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