large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_5_blackwood_cb_64kb_32
large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_5_blackwood_cb_64kb
English
1336
"Is the Camp asleep?" the doctor asked presently, whispering. "Sangree is," replied the clergyman, in a voice equally low. "I can't answer for the women; I think they're sitting up." IS THE CAMP ASLEEP THE DOCTOR ASKED PRESENTLY WHISPERING SANGREE IS REPLIED THE CLERGYMAN IN A VOICE EQUALLY LOW I CAN'T ANSWER FOR THE WOMEN I THINK THEY'RE SITTING UP
ore 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. 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. Dr. Silence leaned forward, opened the lantern and blew the light out. "Speak low," he said, "and don't strike matches. Listen for sounds and movements about the Camp, and be ready to follow me at a moment's notice." There was light enough to distinguish our faces easily, and I saw Maloney glance again hurriedly at both of us. ACT 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 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 DOCTOR SILENCE LEANED FORWARD OPENED THE LANTERN AND BLEW THE LIGHT OUT SPEAK LOW HE SAID AND DON'T STRIKE MATCHES LISTEN FOR SOUNDS AND MOVEMENT ABOUT THE CAMP AND BE READY TO FOLLOW ME AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE THERE WAS LIGHT ENOUGH TO DISTINGUISH OUR FACES EASILY AND I SAW MALONEY GLANCE AGAIN HURRIEDLY AT BOTH OF US
large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_5_blackwood_cb_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/1336/the_camp_of_the_dog_librivox_64kb_mp3/camp_of_the_dog_5_blackwood_cb_64kb.flac