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"You slept through it all," he half whispered. "Through what?" I asked, suddenly thrilled with the knowledge that something dreadful had happened. YOU SLEPT THROUGH IT ALL HE HALF WHISPERED THROUGH WHAT I ASKED SUDDENLY THRILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT SOMETHING DREADFUL HAD HAPPENED
iven way to the warm southern air that sometimes came up with haze and moisture across the Baltic, bringing with it the relaxing sensations that produced enervation and listlessness. And this may have been the reason why at first I failed to notice that anything unusual was about, and why I was less alert than normally; for it was not till after breakfast that the silence of our little party struck me and I discovered that Joan had not yet put in an appearance. And then, in a flash, the last heaviness of sleep vanished and I saw that Maloney was white and troubled and his wife could not hold a plate without trembling. A desire to ask questions was stopped in me by a swift glance from Dr. Silence, and I suddenly understood in some vague way that they were waiting till Sangree should have gone. How this idea came to me I cannot determine, but the soundness of the intuition was soon proved, for the moment he moved off to his tent, Maloney looked up at me and began to speak in a low voice.  WIND HAD GIVEN WAY TO THE WARM SOUTHERN AIR THAT SOMETIMES CAME UP WITH HAZE AND MOISTURE ACROSS THE BALTIC BRINGING WITH IT THE RELAXING SENSATIONS THAT PRODUCED ENERVATION AND LISTLESSNESS AND THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON WHY AT FIRST I FAILED TO NOTICE THAT ANYTHING UNUSUAL WAS ABOUT AND WHY I WAS LESS ALERT THAN NORMALLY FOR IT WAS NOT TILL AFTER BREAKFAST THAT THE SILENCE OF OUR LITTLE PARTY STRUCK ME AND I DISCOVERED THAT JOAN HAD NOT YET PUT IN AN APPEARANCE AND THEN IN A FLASH THE LAST HEAVINESS OF SLEEP VANISHED AND I SAW THAT MALONEY WAS WHITE AND TROUBLED AND HIS WIFE COULD NOT HOLD A PLATE WITHOUT TREMBLING A DESIRE TO ASK QUESTIONS WAS STOPPED IN ME BY A SWIFT GLANCE FROM DOCTOR SILENCE AND I SUDDENLY UNDERSTOOD IN SOME VAGUE WAY THAT THEY WERE WAITING TILL SANGREE SHOULD HAVE GONE HOW THIS IDEA CAME TO ME I CANNOT DETERMINE BUT THE SOUNDNESS OF THE INTUITION WAS SOON PROVED FOR THE MOMENT HE MOVED OFF TO HIS TENT MALONEY LOOKED UP AT ME AND BEGAN TO SPEAK IN A LOW VOICE
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