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Chapter 11

           Abouttenyardsfartheron,thefelledtreesbecamemorenumerous,andthetrack,divergingtotheright,followedforashortspacethebanksofastream.Suddenlywecametoaspotwhereoncemusthavebeenarudebridge,thestonesofwhichwerescatteredinthestream,andthoseoneachbankentirelycoveredoverwithmoss.Insilentsurpriseandexpectancywecontinuedtoadvance,andafewyardsfartheron,beheld,undertheshelterofsomebread-fruittrees,asmallhutorcottage.Icannothopetoconveytomyreadersaverycorrectideaofthefeelingsthataffectedusonwitnessingthisunexpectedsight.Westoodforalongtimeinsilentwonder,fortherewasadeepandmostmelancholystillnessabouttheplacethatquiteoverpoweredus;andwhenwedidatlengthspeak,itwasinsubduedwhispers,asifweweresurroundedbysomeawfulorsupernaturalinfluence.EvenPeterkin’svoice,usuallysoquickandlivelyonalloccasions,washushednow;fortherewasadrearinessaboutthissilent,lonely,uninhabitedcottagesostrangeinitsappearance,sofarawayfromtheusualdwellingsofman,soold,decayed,anddesertedinitsaspectthatfelluponourspiritslikeathickcloud,andblottedoutaswithapallthecheerfulsunshinethathadfilledussincethecommencementofourtourroundtheisland.

           Thehutorcottagewasrudeandsimpleinitsconstruction.Itwasnotmorethantwelvefeetlongbytenfeetbroad,andaboutsevenoreightfeethigh.

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