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"
He
ceased
howling
when
the
train
rattled
round
the
curve
and
they
saw
the
black
mouth
of
the
mine
yawning
before
them
.
We
had
removed
the
boards
which
had
covered
it
,
and
we
had
cleared
the
square
entrance
.
The
rails
had
formerly
run
very
close
to
the
shaft
for
the
convenience
of
loading
the
coal
,
and
we
had
only
to
add
two
or
three
lengths
of
rail
in
order
to
lead
to
the
very
brink
of
the
shaft
.
In
fact
,
as
the
lengths
would
not
quite
fit
,
our
line
projected
about
three
feet
over
the
edge
.
We
saw
the
two
heads
at
the
window
:
Caratal
below
,
Gomez
above
;
but
they
had
both
been
struck
silent
by
what
they
saw
.
And
yet
they
could
not
withdraw
their
heads
.
The
sight
seemed
to
have
paralysed
them
.
"
I
had
wondered
how
the
train
running
at
a
great
speed
would
take
the
pit
into
which
I
had
guided
it
,
and
I
was
much
interested
in
watching
it
.
One
of
my
colleagues
thought
that
it
would
actually
jump
it
,
and
indeed
it
was
not
very
far
from
doing
so
.
Fortunately
,
however
,
it
fell
short
,
and
the
buffers
of
the
engine
struck
the
other
lip
of
the
shaft
with
a
tremendous
crash
.
The
funnel
flew
off
into
the
air
.
The
tender
,
carriages
,
and
van
were
all
smashed
up
into
one
jumble
,
which
,
with
the
remains
of
the
engine
,
choked
for
a
minute
or
so
the
mouth
of
the
pit
.
Then
something
gave
way
in
the
middle
,
and
the
whole
mass
of
green
iron
,
smoking
coals
,
brass
fittings
,
wheels
,
wood
-
work
,
and
cushions
all
crumbled
together
and
crashed
down
into
the
mine
.
We
heard
the
rattle
,
rattle
,
rattle
,
as
the
debris
struck
against
the
walls
,
and
then
,
quite
a
long
time
afterwards
,
there
came
a
deep
roar
as
the
remains
of
the
train
struck
the
bottom
.
The
boiler
may
have
burst
,
for
a
sharp
crash
came
after
the
roar
,
and
then
a
dense
cloud
of
steam
and
smoke
swirled
up
out
of
the
black
depths
,
falling
in
a
spray
as
thick
as
rain
all
round
us
.
Then
the
vapour
shredded
off
into
thin
wisps
,
which
floated
away
in
the
summer
sunshine
,
and
all
was
quiet
again
in
the
Heartsease
mine
.
"
And
now
,
having
carried
out
our
plans
so
successfully
,
it
only
remained
to
leave
no
trace
behind
us
.
Our
little
band
of
workers
at
the
other
end
had
already
ripped
up
the
rails
and
disconnected
the
side
line
,
replacing
everything
as
it
had
been
before
.
We
were
equally
busy
at
the
mine
.
The
funnel
and
other
fragments
were
thrown
in
,
the
shaft
was
planked
over
as
it
used
to
be
,
and
the
lines
which
led
to
it
were
torn
up
and
taken
away
.
Then
,
without
flurry
,
but
without
delay
,
we
all
made
our
way
out
of
the
country
,
most
of
us
to
Paris
,
my
English
colleague
to
Manchester
,
and
McPherson
to
Southampton
,
whence
he
emigrated
to
America
.
Let
the
English
papers
of
that
date
tell
how
throughly
we
had
done
our
work
,
and
how
completely
we
had
thrown
the
cleverest
of
their
detectives
off
our
track
.
"
You
will
remember
that
Gomez
threw
his
bag
of
papers
out
of
the
window
,
and
I
need
not
say
that
I
secured
that
bag
and
brought
them
to
my
employers
.
It
may
interest
my
employers
now
,
however
,
to
learn
that
out
of
that
bag
I
took
one
or
two
little
papers
as
a
souvenir
of
the
occasion
I
have
no
wish
to
publish
these
papers
;
but
,
still
,
it
is
every
man
for
himself
in
this
world
,
and
what
else
can
I
do
if
my
friends
will
not
come
to
my
aid
when
I
want
them
?
Messieurs
,
you
may
believe
that
Herbert
de
Lernac
is
quite
as
formidable
when
he
is
against
you
as
when
he
is
with
you
,
and
that
he
is
not
a
man
to
go
to
the
guillotine
until
he
has
seen
that
every
one
of
you
is
en
route
for
New
Caledonia
.
For
your
own
sake
,
if
not
for
mine
,
make
haste
,
Monsieur
de
—
—
,
and
General
—
—
,
and
Baron
—
—
(
you
can
fill
up
the
blanks
for
yourselves
as
you
read
this
)
.
I
promise
you
that
in
the
next
edition
there
will
be
no
blanks
to
fill
.
"
P
.
S
.
—
As
I
look
over
my
statement
there
is
only
one
omission
which
I
can
see
.
It
concerns
the
unfortunate
man
McPherson
,
who
was
foolish
enough
to
write
to
his
wife
and
to
make
an
appointment
with
her
in
New
York
.
It
can
be
imagined
that
when
interests
like
ours
were
at
stake
,
we
could
not
leave
them
to
the
chance
of
whether
a
man
in
that
class
of
life
would
or
would
not
give
away
his
secrets
to
a
woman
.
Having
once
broken
his
oath
by
writing
to
his
wife
,
we
could
not
trust
him
any
more
.
We
took
steps
therefore
to
insure
that
he
should
not
see
his
wife
.
I
have
sometimes
thought
that
it
would
be
a
kindness
to
write
to
her
and
to
assure
her
that
there
is
no
impediment
to
her
marrying
again
.
"
A
curious
experience
?
said
the
Doctor
.
Yes
,
my
friends
,
I
have
had
one
very
curious
experience
.
I
never
expect
to
have
another
,
for
it
is
against
all
doctrines
of
chances
that
two
such
events
would
befall
any
one
man
in
a
single
lifetime
.
You
may
believe
me
or
not
,
but
the
thing
happened
exactly
as
I
tell
it
.
I
had
just
become
a
medical
man
,
but
I
had
not
started
in
practice
,
and
I
lived
in
rooms
in
Gower
Street
.
The
street
has
been
renumbered
since
then
,
but
it
was
in
the
only
house
which
has
a
bow
-
window
,
upon
the
left
-
hand
side
as
you
go
down
from
the
Metropolitan
Station
.
A
widow
named
Murchison
kept
the
house
at
that
time
,
and
she
had
three
medical
students
and
one
engineer
as
lodgers
.
I
occupied
the
top
room
,
which
was
the
cheapest
,
but
cheap
as
it
was
it
was
more
than
I
could
afford
.
My
small
resources
were
dwindling
away
,
and
every
week
it
became
more
necessary
that
I
should
find
something
to
do
.
Yet
I
was
very
unwilling
to
go
into
general
practice
,
for
my
tastes
were
all
in
the
direction
of
science
,
and
especially
of
zoology
,
towards
which
I
had
always
a
strong
leaning
.
I
had
almost
given
the
fight
up
and
resigned
myself
to
being
a
medical
drudge
for
life
,
when
the
turning
-
point
of
my
struggles
came
in
a
very
extraordinary
way
.
One
morning
I
had
picked
up
the
Standard
and
was
glancing
over
its
contents
.
There
was
a
complete
absence
of
news
,
and
I
was
about
to
toss
the
paper
down
again
,
when
my
eyes
were
caught
by
an
advertisement
at
the
head
of
the
personal
column
.
It
was
worded
in
this
way
:
