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           TheMole’sranagooddealonsupper,asitwaspitch-dark,anditwasallastrangecountryforhimasfarasheknew,andhewasfollowingobedientlyinthewakeoftheRat,leavingtheguidanceentirelytohim.AsfortheRat,hewaswalkingalittlewayahead,ashishabitwas,hisshouldershumped,hiseyesfixedonthestraightgreyroadinfrontofhim;sohedidnotnoticepoorMolewhensuddenlythesummonsreachedhim,andtookhimlikeanelectricshock.

           Weothers,whohavelonglostthemoresubtleofthephysicalsenses,havenotevenpropertermstoexpressananimal’sinter-communicationswithhissurroundings,livingorotherwise,andhaveonlytheword"smell,"forinstance,toincludethewholerangeofdelicatethrillswhichmurmurinthenoseoftheanimalnightandday,summoning,warning,inciting,repelling.ItwasoneofthesemysteriousfairycallsfromoutthevoidthatsuddenlyreachedMoleinthedarkness,makinghimtinglethroughandthroughwithitsveryfamiliarappeal,evenwhileyethecouldnotclearlyrememberwhatitwas.Hestoppeddeadinhistracks,hisnosesearchinghitherandthitherinitseffortstorecapturethefinefilament,thetelegraphiccurrent,thathadsostronglymovedhim.Amoment,andhehadcaughtitagain;andwithitthistimecamerecollectioninfullestflood.