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It was a slow and blundering drive, and there were many false alarms, but after the best part of half an hour we stood on the farther end, having made the complete tour, and without putting up so much as a squirrel. Certainly there was no living creature on that island but ourselves. IT WAS A SLOW AND BLUNDERING DRIVE AND THERE WERE MANY FALSE ALARMS BUT AFTER THE BEST PART OF HALF AN HOUR WE STOOD AT THE FARTHER END HAVING MADE THE COMPLETE TOUR AND WITHOUT PUTTING UP SO MUCH AS A SQUIRREL CERTAINLY THERE WAS NO LIVING CREATURE ON THAT ISLAND BUT OURSELVES
 we can stretch clean across the ridge, and nothing bigger than a rabbit can possibly escape us." He was extraordinarily excited, I thought. Anything affecting Joan, of course, stirred him prodigiously. "Get your guns and we'll start the drive at once," he cried. He lit another lantern and handed one each to his wife and Joan, and while I ran to fetch my gun I heard him singing to himself with the excitement of it all. Meanwhile the dawn had come on quickly. It made the flickering lanterns look pale. The wind, too, was rising, and I heard the trees moaning overhead and the waves breaking with increasing clamour on the shore. In the lagoon the boat dipped and splashed, and the sparks from the fire were carried aloft in a stream and scattered far and wide. We made our way to the extreme end of the island, measured our distances carefully, and then began to advance. None of us spoke. Sangree and I, with cocked guns, watched the shore lines, and all within easy touch and speaking distance. DDLE WITH THE WOMEN IN THIS WAY WE CAN STRETCH CLEAN ACROSS THE RIDGE AND NOTHING BIGGER THAN A RABBIT CAN POSSIBLY ESCAPE US HE WAS EXTRAORDINARILY EXCITED I THOUGHT ANYTHING AFFECTING JOAN OF COURSE STIRRED HIM PRODIGIOUSLY GET YOUR GUNS AND WE'LL START THE DRIVE AT ONCE HE CRIED HE LIT ANOTHER LANTERN AND HANDED ONE EACH TO HIS WIFE AND JOAN AND WHILE I RAN TO FETCH MY GUN I HEARD HIM SINGING TO HIMSELF WITH THE EXCITEMENT OF IT ALL MEANWHILE THE DAWN HAD COME ON QUICKLY IT MADE THE FLICKERING LANTERNS LOOK PALE THE WIND TOO WAS RISING AND I HEARD THE TREES MOANING OVERHEAD AND THE WAVES BREAKING WITH INCREASING CLAMOR ON THE SHORE IN THE LAGOON THE BOAT DIPPED AND SPLASHED AND THE SPARKS FROM THE FIRE WERE CARRIED ALOFT IN A STREAM AND SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE WE MADE OUR WAY TO THE EXTREME END OF THE ISLAND MEASURED OUR DISTANCES CAREFULLY AND THEN BEGAN TO ADVANCE NONE OF US SPOKE SANGREE AND I WITH COCKED GUNS WATCHED THE SHORE LINES AND ALL WITHIN EASY TOUCH AND SPEAKING DISTANCE
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