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The sighing of the trees, the waves breaking below on the rocks, and the lines and patches of mist driving about us seemed to create the momentary illusion that the whole island had broken loose and was floating out to sea like a mighty raft. THE SIGHING OF THE TREES THE WAVES BREAKING BELOW ON THE ROCKS AND THE LINES AND PATCHES OF MIST DRIVING ABOUT US SEEMED TO CREATE THE MOMENTARY ILLUSION THAT THE WHOLE ISLAND HAD BROKEN LOOSE AND WAS FLOATING OUT TO SEA LIKE A MIGHTY RAFT
f a wild creature. But now, follow me closely," he added, "for we must waste no time if I am to save this poor man from his affliction and lead his werewolf Double to its rest. And, unless I am much mistaken"—he peered at me through the darkness, whispering with the utmost distinctness—"Joan and Sangree are absolutely made for one another. And I think she knows it too—just as well as he does." My head swam a little as I listened, but at the same time something cleared in my brain and I saw that he was right. Yet it was all so weird and incredible, so remote from the commonplace facts of life as commonplace people know them; and more than once it flashed upon me that the whole scene—people, words, tents, and all the rest of it—were delusions created by the intense excitement of my own mind somehow, and that suddenly the sea-fog would clear off and the world become normal again. The cold air from the sea stung our cheeks sharply as we left the close atmosphere of the little crowded tent. UNDLESS TREAD OF A WILD ANIMAL BUT NOW FOLLOW ME CLOSELY HE ADDED FOR WE MUST WASTE NO TIME IF I AM TO SAVE THIS POOR MAN FROM HIS AFFLICTION AND LEAD HIS WERE WOLF DOUBLE TO ITS REST AND UNLESS I AM MUCH MISTAKEN HE PEERED AT ME THROUGH THE DARKNESS WHISPERING WITH THE UTMOST DISTINCTNESS JOAN AND SANGREE ARE ABSOLUTELY MADE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND I THINK SHE KNOWS IT TOO JUST AS WELL AS HE DOES MY HEAD SWAM A LITTLE AS I LISTENED BUT AT THE SAME TIME SOMETHING CLEARED IN MY BRAIN AND I SAW THAT HE WAS RIGHT AND YET IT WAS ALL SO WEIRD AND INCREDIBLE SO REMOTE FROM THE COMMONPLACE FACTS OF LIFE AS COMMONPLACE PEOPLE KNOW THEM AND MORE THAN ONCE IT FLASHED UPON ME THAT THE WHOLE SCENE PEOPLE WORDS TENTS AND ALL THE REST OF IT WERE DELUSIONS CREATED BY THE INTENSE EXCITEMENT OF MY OWN MIND SOMEHOW AND THAT SUDDENLY THE SEA FOG WOULD CLEAR OFF AND THE WORLD WOULD BECOME NORMAL AGAIN THE COLD AIR FROM THE SEA STUNG OUR CHEEKS SHARPLY AS WE LEFT THE CLOSE ATMOSPHERE OF THE LITTLE CROWDED TENT
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