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He put his pipe back into his pocket and began to hum softly—that underbreath humming of a nondescript melody I knew so well and had come to hate. HE PUT HIS PIPE BACK INTO HIS POCKET AND BEGAN TO HUM SOFTLY THAT UNDERBREATH HUMMING OF A NONDESCRIPT MELODY I KNEW SO WELL AND HAD COME TO HATE
me one tripped over the ropes that held it to the earth. John Silence came in. The effect of his quiet entry was singular and prophetic: it was just as though the energy lying behind all this stillness had pressed forward to the edge of action. This, no doubt, was merely the quickening of my own mind, and had no other justification; for the presence of John Silence always suggested the near possibility of vigorous action, and as a matter of fact, he came in with nothing more than a nod and a significant gesture. He sat down on a corner of my ground-sheet, and I pushed the blanket over so that he could cover his legs. He drew the flap of the tent after him and settled down, but hardly had he done so when the canvas shook a second time, and in blundered Maloney. "Sitting in the dark?" he said self-consciously, pushing his head inside, and hanging up his lantern on the ridge-pole nail. "I just looked in for a smoke. I suppose—" He glanced round, caught the eye of Dr. Silence, and stopped. VAS SUDDENLY SHIVERED AND SOMEONE TRIPPED OVER THE ROPES THAT HELD IT TO THE EARTH JOHN SILENCE CAME IN THE EFFECT OF HIS QUIET ENTRY WAS SINGULAR AND PROPHETIC IT WAS JUST AS THOUGH THE ENERGY LYING BEHIND ALL THIS STILLNESS HAD PRESSED FORWARD TO THE EDGE OF ACTION THIS NO DOUBT WAS MERELY THE QUICKENING OF MY OWN MIND AND HAD NO OTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PRESENCE OF JOHN SILENCE ALWAYS SUGGESTED THE NEAR POSSIBILITY OF VIGOROUS ACTION AND AS A MATTER OF FACT HE CAME IN WITH NOTHING MORE THAN A NOD AND A SIGNIFICANT GESTURE HE SAT DOWN IN A CORNER OF MY GROUND SHEET AND I PUSHED THE BLANKET OVER SO THAT HE COULD COVER HIS LEGS HE DREW THE FLAP OF THE TENT AFTER HIM AND SETTLED DOWN BUT HARDLY HAD HE DONE SO WHEN THE CANVAS SHOOK A SECOND TIME AND IN BLUNDERED MALONEY SITTING IN THE DARK HE SAID SELF CONSCIOUSLY PUSHING HIS HEAD INSIDE AND HANGING UP HIS LANTERN ON THE RIDGEPOLE NAIL I JUST LOOKED IN FOR A SMOKE I SUPPOSE HE GLANCED ROUND CAUGHT THE EYE OF DOCTOR SILENCE AND STOPPED
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