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In London

           "Londonindangerofsuffocation! TheKingstonandRichmonddefencesforced! FearfulmassacresintheThamesValley!" 

           Andallabouthimintheroomsbelow,inthehousesoneachsideandacrosstheroad,andbehindintheParkTerracesandinthehundredotherstreetsofthatpartofMarylebone, andtheWestbourneParkdistrictandSt.Pancras,andwestwardandnorthwardinKilburnandSt.John’sWoodandHampstead, andeastwardinShoreditchandHighburyandHaggerstonandHoxton,and,indeed,throughallthevastnessofLondonfromEalingtoEastHam peoplewererubbingtheireyes,andopeningwindowstostareoutandaskaimlessquestions,dressinghastilyasthefirstbreathofthecomingstormofFearblewthroughthestreets. Itwasthedawnofthegreatpanic. London,whichhadgonetobedonSundaynightobliviousandinert,wasawakened,inthesmallhoursofMondaymorning,toavividsenseofdanger. 

           Unablefromhiswindowtolearnwhatwashappening,mybrotherwentdownandoutintothestreet,justastheskybetweentheparapetsofthehousesgrewpinkwiththeearlydawn. Theflyingpeopleonfootandinvehiclesgrewmorenumerouseverymoment. "BlackSmoke!"heheardpeoplecrying,andagain"BlackSmoke!" Thecontagionofsuchaunanimousfearwasinevitable. Asmybrotherhesitatedonthedoor-step,hesawanothernewsvenderapproaching,andgotapaperforthwith. Themanwasrunningawaywiththerest,andsellinghispapersforashillingeachasheranagrotesqueminglingofprofitandpanic. 

           AndfromthispapermybrotherreadthatcatastrophicdispatchoftheCommander-in-Chief: 

           "TheMartiansareabletodischargeenormouscloudsofablackandpoisonousvapourbymeansofrockets. 

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