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 Wysłany: Sob 17:28, 26 Lut 2011 Temat postu: On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published ccaanavn |
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rything was proceeding in the most ordinary way. A boy from the
towntrenching on Smith’s monopolywas selling papers with the
afternoon’s news. The ringing impact of trucksthe sharp whistle of the
engines from the junctionmingled with their shouts of “Men from Mars [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]!”
Excited men came into the station about nine o’clock with incredible tidings
and caused no more disturbance than drunkards might have done. People
rattling Londonwards peered into the darkness outside the carriage windows
and saw only a rareflickeringvanishing spark dance up from the direction
of Horsella red glow and a thin veil of smoke driving across the starsand
thought that nothing more serious than a heath fire was happening. It was
only round the edge of the common that any disturbance was perceptible.
There were half a dozen villas burning on the Woking border. There were
lights in all the houses on the common side of the three villagesand the
people there kept awake till dawn.
A curious crowd lingered restlesslypeople coming and going but the
crowd r[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]iningboth on the Chobham and Horsell bridges. One or two
adventurous soulsit was afterwards foundwent into the darkness and
crawled quite near theyilai:
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