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The Heat-Ray

           Thesunsetfadedtotwilightbeforeanythingfurtherhappened. Thecrowdfarawayontheleft,towardsWoking,seemedtogrow,andIheardnowafaintmurmurfromit. ThelittleknotofpeopletowardsChobhamdispersed. Therewasscarcelyanintimationofmovementfromthepit. 

           Itwasthis,asmuchasanything,thatgavepeoplecourage,andIsupposethenewarrivalsfromWokingalsohelpedtorestoreconfidence. Atanyrate,astheduskcameonaslow,intermittentmovementuponthesandpitsbegan,amovementthatseemedtogatherforceasthestillnessoftheeveningaboutthecylinderremainedunbroken. Verticalblackfiguresintwosandthreeswouldadvance,stop,watch,andadvanceagain,spreadingoutastheydidsoinathinirregularcrescentthatpromisedtoenclosethepitinitsattenuatedhorns. I,too,onmysidebegantomovetowardsthepit. 

           ThenIsawsomecabmenandothershadwalkedboldlyintothesandpits,andheardtheclatterofhoofsandthegrideofwheels. Isawaladtrundlingoffthebarrowofapples. Andthen,withinthirtyyardsofthepit,advancingfromthedirectionofHorsell,Inotedalittleblackknotofmen,theforemostofwhomwaswavingawhiteflag. 

           ThiswastheDeputation. Therehadbeenahastyconsultation,andsincetheMartianswereevidently,inspiteoftheirrepulsiveforms,intelligentcreatures,ithadbeenresolvedtoshowthem,byapproachingthemwithsignals,thatwetoowereintelligent. 

           Flutter,flutter,wenttheflag,firsttotheright,thentotheleft. Itwastoofarformetorecogniseanyonethere,butafterwardsIlearnedthatOgilvy,Stent,andHendersonwerewithothersinthisattemptatcommunication. 

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