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"
They
inflamed
themselves
with
strong
drink
and
committed
a
thousand
atrocities
,
quarreling
and
killing
one
another
in
the
general
madness
.
One
group
of
workingmen
I
saw
,
of
the
better
sort
,
who
had
banded
together
,
and
,
with
their
women
and
children
in
their
midst
,
the
sick
and
aged
in
litters
and
being
carried
,
and
with
a
number
of
horses
pulling
a
truck-load
of
provisions
,
they
were
fighting
their
way
out
of
the
city
.
They
made
a
fine
spectacle
as
they
came
down
the
street
through
the
drifting
smoke
,
though
they
nearly
shot
me
when
I
first
appeared
in
their
path
.
As
they
went
by
,
one
of
their
leaders
shouted
out
to
me
in
apologetic
explanation
.
He
said
they
were
killing
the
robbers
and
looters
on
sight
,
and
that
they
had
thus
banded
together
as
the
only-means
by
which
to
escape
the
prowlers
.
"
It
was
here
that
I
saw
for
the
first
time
what
I
was
soon
to
see
so
often
.
One
of
the
marching
men
had
suddenly
shown
the
unmistakable
mark
of
the
plague
.
Immediately
those
about
him
drew
away
,
and
he
,
without
a
remonstrance
,
stepped
out
of
his
place
to
let
them
pass
on
.
A
woman
,
most
probably
his
wife
,
attempted
to
follow
him
.
She
was
leading
a
little
boy
by
the
hand
.
But
the
husband
commanded
her
sternly
to
go
on
,
while
others
laid
hands
on
her
and
restrained
her
from
following
him
.
This
I
saw
,
and
I
saw
the
man
also
,
with
his
scarlet
blaze
of
face
,
step
into
a
doorway
on
the
opposite
side
of
the
street
.
I
heard
the
report
of
his
pistol
,
and
saw
him
sink
lifeless
to
the
ground
.
"
After
being
turned
aside
twice
again
by
advancing
fires
,
I
succeeded
in
getting
through
to
the
university
.
On
the
edge
of
the
campus
I
came
upon
a
party
of
university
folk
who
were
going
in
the
direction
of
the
Chemistry
Building
.
They
were
all
family
men
,
and
their
families
were
with
them
,
including
the
nurses
and
the
servants
.
Professor
Badminton
greeted
me
,
I
had
difficulty
in
recognizing
him
.
Somewhere
he
had
gone
through
flames
,
and
his
beard
was
singed
off
.
About
his
head
was
a
bloody
bandage
,
and
his
clothes
were
filthy
.
"
He
told
me
he
had
prowlers
,
and
that
his
brother
had
been
killed
the
previous
night
,
in
the
defence
of
their
dwelling
.
"
Midway
across
the
campus
,
he
pointed
suddenly
to
Mrs.
Swinton
's
face
.
The
unmistakable
scarlet
was
there
.
Immediately
all
the
other
women
set
up
a
screaming
and
began
to
run
away
from
her
.
Her
two
children
were
with
a
nurse
,
and
these
also
ran
with
the
women
.
But
her
husband
,
Doctor
Swinton
,
remained
with
her
.
"'
Go
on
,
Smith
,
'
he
told
me
.
'
Keep
an
eye
on
the
children
.
As
for
me
,
I
shall
stay
with
my
wife
.
I
know
she
is
as
already
dead
,
but
I
ca
n't
leave
her
.
Afterwards
,
if
I
escape
,
I
shall
come
to
the
Chemistry
Building
,
and
do
you
watch
for
me
and
let
me
in
.
'
"
I
left
him
bending
over
his
wife
and
soothing
her
last
moments
,
while
I
ran
to
overtake
the
party
.
We
were
the
last
to
be
admitted
to
the
Chemistry
Building
.
After
that
,
with
our
automatic
rifles
we
maintained
our
isolation
.
By
our
plans
,
we
had
arranged
for
a
company
of
sixty
to
be
in
this
refuge
.
Instead
,
every
one
of
the
number
originally
planned
had
added
relatives
and
friends
and
whole
families
until
there
were
over
four
hundred
souls
.
But
the
Chemistry
Building
was
large
,
and
,
standing
by
itself
,
was
in
no
danger
of
being
burned
by
the
great
fires
that
raged
everywhere
in
the
city
.
"
A
large
quantity
of
provisions
had
been
gathered
,
and
a
food
committee
took
charge
of
it
,
issuing
rations
daily
to
the
various
families
and
groups
that
arranged
themselves
into
messes
.
A
number
of
committees
were
appointed
,
and
we
developed
a
very
efficient
organization
.
I
was
on
the
committee
of
defence
,
though
for
the
first
day
no
prowlers
came
near
.
We
could
see
them
in
the
distance
,
however
,
and
by
the
smoke
of
their
fires
knew
that
several
camps
of
them
were
occupying
the
far
edge
of
the
campus
.
Drunkenness
was
rife
,
and
often
we
heard
them
singing
ribald
songs
or
insanely
shouting
.
While
the
world
crashed
to
ruin
about
them
and
all
the
air
was
filled
with
the
smoke
of
its
burning
,
these
low
creatures
gave
rein
to
their
bestiality
and
fought
and
drank
and
died
.
And
after
all
,
what
did
it
matter
?
Everybody
died
anyway
,
the
good
and
the
bad
,
the
efficients
and
the
weaklings
,
those
that
loved
to
live
and
those
that
scorned
to
live
.
They
passed
.
Everything
passed
.
