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           TheBlackSmokedriftedslowlyriverwardallthroughMondaymorning,creepingnearerandnearertous,drivingatlastalongtheroadwayoutsidethehousethathidus. 

           AMartiancameacrossthefieldsaboutmidday,layingthestuffwithajetofsuperheatedsteamthathissedagainstthewalls,smashedallthewindowsittouched,andscaldedthecurate’shandashefledoutofthefrontroom. Whenatlastwecreptacrossthesoddenroomsandlookedoutagain,thecountrynorthwardwasasthoughablacksnowstormhadpassedoverit. Lookingtowardstheriver,wewereastonishedtoseeanunaccountablerednessminglingwiththeblackofthescorchedmeadows. 

           Foratimewedidnotseehowthischangeaffectedourposition,savethatwewererelievedofourfearoftheBlackSmoke. ButlaterIperceivedthatwewerenolongerhemmedin,thatnowwemightgetaway. SosoonasIrealisedthatthewayofescapewasopen,mydreamofactionreturned. Butthecuratewaslethargic,unreasonable. 

           "Wearesafehere,"herepeated;"safehere." 

           IresolvedtoleavehimwouldthatIhad!Wisernowfortheartilleryman’steaching,Isoughtoutfoodanddrink. Ihadfoundoilandragsformyburns,andIalsotookahatandaflannelshirtthatIfoundinoneofthebedrooms. WhenitwascleartohimthatImeanttogoalonehadreconciledmyselftogoingalonehesuddenlyrousedhimselftocome. Andallbeingquietthroughouttheafternoon,westartedaboutfiveo’clock,asIshouldjudge,alongtheblackenedroadtoSunbury. 

           InSunbury,andatintervalsalongtheroad,weredeadbodieslyingincontortedattitudes,horsesaswellasmen,overturnedcartsandluggage,allcoveredthicklywithblackdust. 

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