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Suspicious Occurrences

           "Weshallseebydaylightto-morrowhowtogetourselvesout."

           Glenarvanactedontheiradvice,andcametoahalt.Nightcameonrapidlyafterabrieftwilight,buttheheatdidnotwithdrawwiththelight.Stiflingvaporsfilledtheair,andoccasionallybrightflashesoflightning,thereflectionsofadistantstorm,lighteduptheskywithafieryglare.Arrangementsweremadeforthenightimmediately.Theydidthebesttheycouldwiththesunkwagon,andthetentwaspitchedbeneaththeshelterofthegreattrees;andiftheraindidnotcome,theyhadnotmuchtocomplainabout.

           Ayrtonsucceeded,thoughwithsomedifficulty,inextricatingthethreebullocks.Thesecourageousbeastswereengulfeduptotheirflanks.Thequartermasterturnedthemoutwiththefourhorses,andallowednoonebuthimselftoseeaftertheirpasturage.Healwaysexecutedhistaskwisely,andthiseveningGlenarvannoticedheredoubledhiscare,forwhichhetookoccasiontothankhim,thepreservationoftheteambeingofsupremeimportance.

           Meantime,thetravelersweredispatchingahastysupper.Fatigueandheatdestroyappetite,andsleepwasneededmorethanfood.LadyHelenaandMissGrantspeedilybadethecompanygood-night,andretired.Theircompanionssoonstretchedthemselvesunderthetentoroutsideunderthetrees,whichisnogreathardshipinthissalubriousclimate.

           Graduallytheyallfellintoaheavysleep.Thedarknessdeepenedowingtoathickcurrentofcloudswhichoverspreadthesky.Therewasnotabreathofwind

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