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And an answering cry sounded across the lagoon—thin, wailing, piteous. It came from Sangree's tent. "Fool!" cried Dr. Silence, "you've wounded him!" and before we could move or realise quite what it meant, he was in the canoe and half way across the lagoon. AND AN ANSWERING CRY SOUNDED ACROSS THE LAGOON THIN WAILING PITEOUS IT CAME FROM SANGREE'S TENT FOOL CRIED DOCTOR SILENCE YOU'VE WOUNDED HIM AND BEFORE WE COULD MOVE OR REALIZE QUITE WHAT IT MEANT HE WAS IN THE CANOE AND HALF WAY ACROSS THE LAGOON
unobserved round the inner shore of the lagoon, emerged from the shadows and defined itself upon the water with a figure at the middle thwart. It was Maloney. It was only afterwards I realised that we were invisible to him where we stood against the dark background of trees; the figures of Joan and the animal he saw plainly, but not Dr. Silence and myself standing just beyond them. He stood up in the canoe and pointed with his right arm. I saw something gleam in his hand. "Stand aside, Joan girl, or you'll get hit," he shouted, his voice ringing horribly through the deep stillness, and the same instant a pistol-shot cracked out with a burst of flame and smoke, and the figure of the animal, with one tremendous leap into the air, fell back in the shadows and disappeared like a shape of night and fog. Instantly, then, Joan opened her eyes, looked in a dazed fashion about her, and pressing both hands against her heart, fell with a sharp cry into my arms that were just in time to catch her.  BEEN CREEPING SILENTLY AND UNOBSERVED ROUND THE INNER SHORE OF THE LAGOON EMERGED FROM THE SHADOWS AND DEFINED ITSELF UPON THE WATER WITH A FIGURE AT THE MIDDLE THWART IT WAS MALONEY IT WAS ONLY AFTERWARDS I REALIZED THAT WE WERE INVISIBLE TO HIM AS WE STOOD AGAINST THE DARK BACKGROUND OF TREES THE FIGURES OF JOAN AND THE ANIMAL HE SAW PLAINLY BUT NOT DOCTOR SILENCE AND MYSELF STANDING JUST BEYOND THEM HE STOOD UP IN THE CANOE AND POINTED WITH HIS RIGHT ARM I SAW SOMETHING GLEAM IN HIS HAND STAND ASIDE JOAN GIRL YOU'LL GET HIT HE SHOUTED HIS VOICE RINGING HORRIBLY THROUGH THE DEEP STILLNESS AND THE SAME INSTANT A PISTOL SHOT CRACKED OUT WITH A BURST OF FLAME AND SMOKE AND THE FIGURE OF THE ANIMAL WITH ONE TREMENDOUS LEAP INTO THE AIR FELL BACK IN THE SHADOWS AND DISAPPEARED LIKE A SHAPE OF NIGHT AND FOG INSTANTLY THEN JOAN OPENED HER EYES LOOKED IN A DAZED FASHION ABOUT HER AND PRESSING BOTH HANDS AGAINST HER HEART FELL WITH A SHARP CRY INTO MY ARMS THAT WERE JUST IN TIME TO CATCH HER
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