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On horsell common

           TherewerehalfadozenfliesormorefromtheWokingstationstandingintheroadbythesandpits,abasketchaisefromChobham,andaratherlordlycarriage. Besidesthat,therewasquiteaheapofbicycles. Inaddition,alargenumberofpeoplemusthavewalked,inspiteoftheheatoftheday,fromWokingandChertsey,sothattherewasaltogetherquiteaconsiderablecrowdoneortwogailydressedladiesamongtheothers. Itwasglaringlyhot,notacloudintheskynorabreathofwind,andtheonlyshadowwasthatofthefewscatteredpinetrees. Theburningheatherhadbeenextinguished,butthelevelgroundtowardsOttershawwasblackenedasfarasonecouldsee,andstillgivingoffverticalstreamersofsmoke. Anenterprisingsweet-stuffdealerintheChobhamRoadhadsentuphissonwithabarrow-loadofgreenapplesandgingerbeer. 

           Goingtotheedgeofthepit,IfounditoccupiedbyagroupofabouthalfadozenmenHenderson,Ogilvy,andatall,fair-hairedmanthatIafterwardslearnedwasStent,theAstronomerRoyal,withseveralworkmenwieldingspadesandpickaxes. Stentwasgivingdirectionsinaclear,high-pitchedvoice. Hewasstandingonthecylinder,whichwasnowevidentlymuchcooler; hisfacewascrimsonandstreamingwithperspiration,andsomethingseemedtohaveirritatedhim. 

           Alargeportionofthecylinderhadbeenuncovered,thoughitslowerendwasstillembedded. AssoonasOgilvysawmeamongthestaringcrowdontheedgeofthepithecalledtometocomedown,andaskedmeifIwouldmindgoingovertoseeLordHilton,thelordofthemanor. 

           Thegrowingcrowd,hesaid,wasbecomingaseriousimpedimenttotheirexcavations,especiallytheboys. 

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