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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. 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
 the eyes were a couple of wandering sparks from the dying ashes I had kicked. It was easy enough, too, to imagine I saw an animal moving here and there between the trees, as I picked my way stealthily to my tent. Of course, the shadows tricked me. And though it was after one o'clock, Maloney's light was still burning, for I saw his tent shining white among the pines. It was, however, 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 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. F OUR STOCKADE AND THE EYES WERE A COUPLE OF WANDERING SPARKS FROM THE DYING ASHES I HAD KICKED IT WAS EASY ENOUGH TOO TO IMAGINE I SAW AN ANIMAL MOVING HERE AND THERE BETWEEN THE TREES AS I PICKED MY WAY STEALTHILY TO MY TENT OF COURSE THE SHADOWS TRICKED ME AND THOUGH IT WAS AFTER ONE O'CLOCK MALONEY'S LIGHT WAS STILL BURNING FOR I SAW HIS TENT SHINING WHITE AMONG THE PINES IT WAS HOWEVER 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
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