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Happily the moon would rise about half past six, and her soft beams would give sufficient light to show the road. The parting moment came. Altamont was overjoyed at the idea of starting, though the jolting would necessarily increase his sufferings, for the Doctor would find on board the medicines he required for his cure. HAPPILY THE MOON WOULD RISE ABOUT HALF PAST SIX AND HER SOFT BEAMS WOULD GIVE SUFFICIENT LIGHT TO SHOW THE ROAD THE PARTING MOMENT CAME ALTAMONT WAS OVERJOYED AT THE IDEA OF STARTING THOUGH THE JOLTING WOULD NECESSARILY INCREASE HIS SUFFERINGS FOR THE DOCTOR WOULD FIND ON BOARD THE MEDICINES HE REQUIRED FOR HIS CURE
h to the weight, but, to make up the deficiency, as much wood was piled up on it as it could hold. The Doctor did the packing, and made an exact calculation of how long their stores would last. He found that, by allowing three-quarter rations to each man and full rations to the dogs, they might hold out for three weeks. Towards seven in the evening, they felt so worn out that they were obliged to give up work for the night; but, before lying down to sleep, they heaped up the wood in the stove, and made a roaring fire, determined to allow themselves this parting luxury. As they gathered round it, basking in the unaccustomed heat, and enjoying their hot coffee and biscuits and pemmican, they became quite cheerful, and forgot all their sufferings. About seven in the morning they set to work again and by three in the afternoon everything was ready. It was almost dark, for, though the sun had reappeared above the horizon since the 31st of January, his light was feeble and of short duration. S DID NOT ADD MUCH TO THE WEIGHT BUT TO MAKE UP FOR THE DEFICIENCY AS MUCH WOOD WAS PILED UPON IT AS IT COULD HOLD THE DOCTOR DID THE PACKING AND MADE AN EXACT CALCULATION OF HOW LONG THEIR STORES WOULD LAST HE FOUND THAT BY ALLOWING THREE QUARTER RATIONS TO EACH MEN AND FULL RATIONS TO THE DOGS THEY MIGHT HOLD OUT FOR THREE WEEKS TOWARDS SEVEN IN THE MORNING THEY FELT SO WORN OUT THAT THEY WERE OBLIGED TO GIVE UP WORK FOR THE NIGHT BUT BEFORE LYING DOWN TO SLEEP THEY HEAPED UP THE WOOD IN THE STOVE AND MADE A ROARING FIRE DETERMINED TO ALLOW THEMSELVES THIS PARTING LUXURY AS THEY GATHERED ROUND IT BASKING IN THE UNACCUSTOMED HEAT AND ENJOYING THEIR HOT COFFEE AND BISCUITS AND PEMMICAN THEY BECAME QUITE CHEERFUL AND FORGOT ALL THEIR SUFFERINGS ABOUT SEVEN IN THE MORNING THEY SET TO WORK AGAIN AND BY THREE IN THE AFTERNOON EVERYTHING WAS READY IT WAS ALMOST DARK FOR THOUGH THE SUN HAD REAPPEARED ABOVE THE HORIZON SINCE THE THIRTY FIRST OF JANUY HIS LIGHT WAS FEEBLE AND OF SHORT DURATION
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