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1336
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. 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
question or argument, something that had to do directly with himself. "Poor starved beast" he had called it in words that had "come out of their own accord," and there had not been the slightest evidence of any desire to conceal or explain away. He had spoken instinctively—from his heart, and as though about his own self. And half an hour before sunset we raced through the narrow opening of the lagoon and saw the smoke of the dinner-fire blowing here and there among the trees, and the 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.  THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE 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
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