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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. 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
hort space between consciousness and sleep—that time when the body is low and the voices of the submerged region tell sometimes true—that the idea which had been all this while maturing reached the point of an actual decision, and I suddenly realised that I had resolved to send word to Dr. Silence. For, with a sudden wonder that I had hitherto been so blind, the unwelcome conviction dawned 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 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. EVER IN THE SHORT SPACE BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS AND SLEEP THAT TIME WHEN THE BODY IS LOW AND THE VOICES OF THE SUBMERGED REGION TELL SOMETIMES TRUE THAT THE IDEA WHICH HAD BEEN ALL THIS WHILE MATURING REACHED THE POINT OF ACTUAL DECISION AND I SUDDENLY REALIZED THAT I HAD RESOLVED TO SEND WORD TO DOCTOR SILENCE FOR WITH A SUDDEN WONDER THAT I HAD HITHERTO BEEN SO BLIND THE UNWELCOME CONVICTION DAWNED 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
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