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On horsell common

           Atthefirstglanceitwasreallynomoreexcitingthananoverturnedcarriageoratreeblownacrosstheroad. Notsomuchso,indeed. Itlookedlikearustygasfloat. ItrequiredacertainamountofscientificeducationtoperceivethatthegreyscaleoftheThingwasnocommonoxide,thattheyellowish-whitemetalthatgleamedinthecrackbetweenthelidandthecylinderhadanunfamiliarhue. ‘Extra-terrestrial’hadnomeaningformostoftheonlookers. 

           AtthattimeitwasquiteclearinmyownmindthattheThinghadcomefromtheplanetMars,butIjudgeditimprobablethatitcontainedanylivingcreature. Ithoughttheunscrewingmightbeautomatic. InspiteofOgilvy,IstillbelievedthatthereweremeninMars. Mymindranfancifullyonthepossibilitiesofitscontainingmanuscript,onthedifficultiesintranslationthatmightarise,whetherweshouldfindcoinsandmodelsinit,andsoforth. Yetitwasalittletoolargeforassuranceonthisidea. Ifeltanimpatiencetoseeitopened. Abouteleven,asnothingseemedhappening,Iwalkedback,fullofsuchthought,tomyhomeinMaybury. ButIfounditdifficulttogettoworkuponmyabstractinvestigations. 

           Intheafternoontheappearanceofthecommonhadalteredverymuch. TheearlyeditionsoftheeveningpapershadstartledLondonwithenormousheadlines: 

           ‘AMESSAGERECEIVEDFROMMARS.’ 

           ‘REMARKABLESTORYFROMWOKING,’ 

           andsoforth. Inaddition,Ogilvy’swiretotheAstronomicalExchangehadrousedeveryobservatoryinthethreekingdoms. 

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