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The doctor made a quick dash to the door of Sangree's tent, and, following close at his heels, I peered in and caught a momentary glimpse of the small, shrunken body lying upon the branches but half covered by the blankets—the cage from which most of the life, and not a little of the actual corporeal substance, had escaped into that other form of life and energy, the body of passion and desire. THE DOCTOR MADE A QUICK DASH TO THE DOOR OF SANGREE'S TENT AND FOLLOWING CLOSE AT HIS HEELS I PEERED IN AND CAUGHT A MOMENTARY GLIMPSE OF THE SMALL SHRUNKEN BODY LYING UPON THE BRANCHES BUT HALF COVERED BY THE BLANKETS THE CAGE FROM WHICH MOST OF THE LIFE AND NOT A LITTLE OF THE ACTUAL CORPOREAL SUBSTANCE HAD ESCAPED INTO THAT OTHER FORM OF LIFE AND ENERGY THE BODY OF PASSION AND DESIRE
f—something that was far more than the mere act of intense listening—went out with it, and for several minutes I lost consciousness of my surroundings and felt utterly absorbed in the pain of another stricken fellow-creature. Again the voice of John Silence recalled me to myself. "Hark!" he said aloud. "Hark!" His tone galvanised me afresh. We stood listening side by side. Far across the island, faintly sounding through the trees and brushwood, came a similar, answering cry. Shrill, yet wonderfully musical, shaking the heart with a singular wild sweetness that defies description, we heard it rise and fall upon the night air. "It's across the lagoon," Dr. Silence cried, but this time in full tones that paid no tribute to caution. "It's Joan! She's answering him!" Again the wonderful cry rose and fell, and that same instant the animal lowered its head, and, muzzle to earth, set off on a swift easy canter that took it off into the mist and out of our sight like a thing of wind and vision. DDEN SEA AND SOME PART OF MYSELF SOMETHING THAT WAS FAR MORE THAN THE MERE ACT OF INTENSE LISTENING WENT OUT WITH IT AND FOR SEVERAL MINUTES I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS OF MY SURROUNDINGS AND FELT UTTERLY ABSORBED IN THE PAIN OF ANOTHER STRICKEN FELLOW CREATURE AGAIN THE VOICE OF JOHN SILENCE RECALLED ME TO MYSELF HARK HE SAID ALOUD HARK HIS TONE GALVANIZED ME AFRESH WE STOOD LISTENING SIDE BY SIDE FAR ACROSS THE ISLAND FAINTLY SOUNDING THROUGH THE TREES AND BRUSHWOOD CAME A SIMILAR ANSWERING CRY SHRILL YET WONDERFULLY MUSICAL SHAKING THE HEART WITH A SINGULAR WILD SWEETNESS THAT DEFIED DESCRIPTION WE HEARD IT RISE AND FALL UPON THE NIGHT AIR IT'S ACROSS THE LAGOON DOCTOR SILENCE CRIED BUT THIS TIME IN FULL TONES THAT PAID NO TRIBUTE TO CAUTION IT'S JOAN SHE'S ANSWERING HIM AGAIN THE WONDERFUL CRY ROSE AND FELL AND THAT SAME INSTANT THE ANIMAL LOWERED ITS HEAD AND MUZZLE TO EARTH SET OFF ON A SWIFT EASY CANTER THAT TOOK IT OFF INTO THE MIST AND OUT OF OUR SIGHT LIKE A THING OF WIND AND VISION
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