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In London

           Comingout,heboughtaReferee. Hebecamealarmedatthenewsinthis,andwentagaintoWaterloostationtofindoutifcommunicationwererestored. Theomnibuses,carriages,cyclists,andinnumerablepeoplewalkingintheirbestclothesseemedscarcelyaffectedbythestrangeintelligencethatthenewsvendersweredisseminating. Peoplewereinterested,or,ifalarmed,alarmedonlyonaccountofthelocalresidents. AtthestationheheardforthefirsttimethattheWindsorandChertseylineswerenowinterrupted. TheporterstoldhimthatseveralremarkabletelegramshadbeenreceivedinthemorningfromByfleetandChertseystations,butthatthesehadabruptlyceased. Mybrothercouldgetverylittleprecisedetailoutofthem. 

           "There’sfightinggoingonaboutWeybridge"wastheextentoftheirinformation. 

           Thetrainservicewasnowverymuchdisorganised. QuiteanumberofpeoplewhohadbeenexpectingfriendsfromplacesontheSouth-Westernnetworkwerestandingaboutthestation. Onegrey-headedoldgentlemancameandabusedtheSouth-WesternCompanybitterlytomybrother. "Itwantsshowingup,"hesaid. 

           OneortwotrainscameinfromRichmond,Putney,andKingston,containingpeoplewhohadgoneoutforaday’sboatingandfoundthelocksclosedandafeelingofpanicintheair. Amaninablueandwhiteblazeraddressedmybrother,fullofstrangetidings. 

           "There’shostsofpeopledrivingintoKingstonintrapsandcartsandthings,withboxesofvaluablesandallthat,"hesaid. "TheycomefromMoleseyandWeybridgeandWalton,andtheysaythere’sbeengunsheardatChertsey,heavyfiring,andthatmountedsoldiershavetoldthemtogetoffatoncebecausetheMartiansarecoming. 

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