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He too, then, was awake and restless, for I saw the canvas sides bulge this way and that as he moved within. HE TOO THEN WAS AWAKE AND RESTLESS FOR I SAW THE CANVAS SIDES BULGE THIS WAY AND THAT AS HE MOVED WITHIN
l at once that some dreadful thing was lurking about us on this island, and that the safety of at least one of us was threatened by something monstrous and unclean that was too horrible to contemplate. And, again remembering those last words of his as the train moved out of the platform, I understood that Dr. Silence would hold himself in readiness to come. "Unless you should send for me sooner," he had said. I found myself suddenly wide awake. It is impossible to say what woke me, but it was no gradual process, seeing that I jumped from deep sleep to absolute alertness in a single instant. I had evidently slept for an hour and more, for the night had cleared, stars crowded the sky, and a pallid half-moon just sinking into the sea threw a spectral light between the trees. I went outside to sniff the air, and stood upright. A curious impression that something was astir in the Camp came over me, and when I glanced across at Sangree's tent, some twenty feet away, I saw that it was moving.  UPON ME ALL AT ONCE THAT SOME DREADFUL THING WAS LURKING ABOUT US ON THIS ISLAND AND THAT THE SAFETY OF AT LEAST ONE OF US WAS THREATENED BY SOMETHING MONSTROUS AND UNCLEAN THAT WAS TOO HORRIBLE TO CONTEMPLATE AND AGAIN REMEMBERING THOSE LAST WORDS OF HIS AS THE TRAIN MOVED OUT OF THE PLATFORM I UNDERSTOOD THAT DOCTOR SILENCE WOULD HOLD HIMSELF IN READINESS TO COME UNLESS YOU SHOULD SEND FOR ME SOONER HE HAD SAID I FOUND MYSELF SUDDENLY WIDE AWAKE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT WOKE ME BUT IT WAS NO GRADUAL PROCESS SEEING THAT I JUMPED FROM DEEP SLEEP TO ABSOLUTE ALERTNESS IN A SINGLE INSTANCE I HAD EVIDENTLY SLEPT FOR AN HOUR OR MORE WHEN FOR THE NIGHT HAD CLEARED THE STARS CROWDED THE SKY AND A PALLID HALF MOON JUST SINKING INTO THE SEA THREW A SPECTRAL LIGHT BETWEEN THE TREES I WENT OUTSIDE TO SNIFF THE AIR AND STOOD UPRIGHT A CURIOUS IMPRESSION THAT SOMETHING WAS ASTIR IN THE CAMP CAME OVER ME AND WHEN I GLANCED ACROSS AT SANGREE'S TENT SOME TWENTY FEET AWAY I SAW THAT IT WAS MOVING
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