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And, looking back down the years to the time when all this happened, it is clear to me that he had a pretty sharp idea of the meaning of it from the very beginning. AND LOOKING BACK DOWN THE YEARS TO THE TIME WHEN ALL THIS HAPPENED IT IS CLEAR TO ME THAT HE HAD A PRETTY SHARP IDEA OF THE MEANING OF IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING
he figures of Joan and the Bo'sun's Mate running down to meet us at the landing-stage. V Everything changed from the moment John Silence set foot on that island; it was like the effect produced by calling in some big doctor, some great arbiter of life and death, for consultation. The sense of gravity increased a hundredfold. Even inanimate objects took upon themselves a subtle alteration, for the setting of the adventure—this deserted bit of sea with its hundreds of uninhabited islands—somehow turned sombre. An element that was mysterious, and in a sense disheartening, crept unbidden into the severity of grey rock and dark pine forest and took the sparkle from the sunshine and the sea. I, at least, was keenly aware of the change, for my whole being shifted, as it were, a degree higher, becoming keyed up and alert. The figures from the background of the stage moved forward a little into the light—nearer to the inevitable action. In a word this man's arrival intensified the whole affair. E VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG THE CAMP OF THE DOG BY ALGERNON BLACKWOOD READ BY CHARLES BLAKEMORE THE CAMP OF THE DOG PART FIVE CHANGED FROM THE MOMENT JOHN SILENCE SET FOOT ON THAT ISLAND IT WAS LIKE THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY CALLING IN SOME BIG DOCTOR SOME GREAT ARBITER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR CONSULTATION THE SENSE OF GRAVITY INCREASED A HUNDREDFOLD EVEN INANIMATE OBJECTS TOOK UPON THEMSELVES A SUBTLE ALTERATION FOR THE SETTING OF THE ADVENTURE THIS DESERTED BIT OF SEA WITH ITS HUNDREDS OF UNINHABITED ISLANDS SOMEHOW TURNED SOMBRE AN ELEMENT THAT WAS MYSTERIOUS AND IN A SENSE DISHEARTENING CREPT UNBIDDEN INTO THE SEVERITY OF GREY ROCK AND DARK PINE FOREST AND TOOK THE SPARKLE FROM THE SUNSHINE AND THE SEA I AT LEAST WAS KEENLY AWARE OF THE CHANGE FOR MY WHOLE BEING SHIFTED AS IT WERE A DEGREE HIGHER BECOMING KEYED UP AND ALERT FIGURES FROM THE BACKGROUND OF THE STAGE MOVED FORWARD A LITTLE INTO THE LIGHT NEARER TO THE INEVITABLE ACTION IN A WORD THIS MAN'S ARRIVAL INTENSIFIED THE WHOLE AFFAIR
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