TheweatherchangedduringthefirstweekofMarch.Therehadbeenafullmoonatthecommencementofthemonth,andtheheatwasexcessive.Theatmospherewasfelttobefullofelectricity,andaperiodofsomelengthoftempestuousweatherwastobefeared.

           Indeed,onthe2nd,pealsofthunderwereheard,thewindblewfromtheeast,andhailrattledagainstthefacadeofGraniteHouselikevolleysofgrape-shot.Thedoorandwindowswereimmediatelyclosed,oreverythingintheroomswouldhavebeendrenched.Onseeingthesehailstones,someofwhichwerethesizeofapigeon’segg,Pencroft’sfirstthoughtwasthathiscornfieldwasinseriousdanger.

           Hedirectlyrushedtohisfield,wherelittlegreenheadswerealreadyappearing,andbymeansofagreatcloth,hemanagedtoprotecthiscrop.

           Thisbadweatherlastedaweek,duringwhichtimethethunderrolledwithoutcessationinthedepthsofthesky.

           Thecolonists,nothavinganypressingworkoutofdoors,profitedbythebadweathertoworkattheinteriorofGraniteHouse,thearrangementofwhichwasbecomingmorecompletefromdaytoday.Theengineermadeaturning-lathe,withwhichheturnedseveralarticlesbothforthetoiletandthekitchen,particularlybuttons,thewantofwhichwasgreatlyfelt.Agunrackhadbeenmadeforthefirearms,whichwerekeptwithextremecare,andneithertablesnorcupboardswereleftincomplete.

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