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"
So
Coker
came
through
too
,
"
I
said
.
"
After
the
shambles
I
saw
at
Tynsham
,
I
’
d
an
idea
the
plague
might
have
got
him
.
"
Later
on
,
when
we
had
had
a
meal
and
produced
our
best
brandy
,
we
got
the
story
out
of
him
.
When
Michael
Beadley
and
his
party
had
gone
on
,
leaving
Tynsham
to
the
mercies
and
principles
of
Miss
Durrant
,
they
had
not
made
for
Beaminster
,
nor
anywhere
near
it
.
They
had
gone
northeast
,
into
Oxfordshire
.
Miss
Durrant
’
s
misdirection
to
us
must
have
been
deliberate
,
for
Beaminster
had
never
been
mentioned
.
They
bad
found
there
an
estate
which
seemed
at
first
to
offer
the
group
all
it
required
,
and
no
doubt
they
could
have
entrenched
themselves
there
as
we
had
entrenched
ourselves
at
Shirning
;
but
as
the
menace
of
the
triffids
increased
,
the
disadvantages
of
the
place
became
more
obvious
.
In
a
year
bath
Michael
and
the
Colonel
were
highly
dissatisfied
with
the
longer
-
term
prospects
there
.
A
great
deal
of
work
had
already
been
put
into
the
place
,
but
by
the
end
of
the
second
summer
there
was
general
agreement
that
it
would
be
better
to
cut
their
losses
.
To
build
a
community
they
had
to
think
in
terms
of
years
—
a
considerable
number
of
years
.
They
also
had
to
bear
in
mind
that
the
longer
they
delayed
,
the
more
difficult
any
move
would
be
.
What
they
needed
was
a
place
where
they
would
have
room
to
expand
and
develop
:
an
area
with
natural
defenses
,
which
,
once
it
had
been
cleared
of
exit
-
lids
,
could
economically
be
kept
clear
of
them
.
Where
they
now
were
a
high
proportion
of
their
labor
was
occupied
with
maintaining
fences
.
And
as
their
numbers
increased
,
the
length
of
fence
line
would
have
to
be
increased
.
Clearly
,
the
best
sell
-
maintaining
defense
line
would
be
water
.
To
that
end
they
had
held
a
discussion
on
the
relative
merits
of
various
islands
.
It
had
been
chiefly
climate
that
had
decided
them
in
favor
of
the
Isle
of
Wight
,
despite
some
misgivings
over
the
area
that
would
have
to
be
cleared
.
Accordingly
,
in
the
following
March
they
had
packed
up
again
and
moved
on
.
"
When
we
got
there
,
"
Ivan
said
,
"
the
triffids
seemed
even
thicker
than
where
we
’
d
left
.
Na
sooner
had
we
begun
to
set
-
tie
ourselves
into
a
big
country
house
near
Godshill
than
they
started
collecting
along
the
walls
in
thousands
.
We
let
‘
em
conic
for
a
couple
of
weeks
or
so
,
then
we
went
for
‘
em
with
the
flame
throwers
.
"
After
we
’
d
wiped
that
lot
out
,
we
let
them
accumulate
again
,
and
then
we
blitzed
‘
em
once
more
—
and
so
on
.
We
could
afford
to
do
it
properly
there
,
because
once
we
were
clear
of
them
we
’
d
not
need
to
use
the
throwers
any
more
.
There
could
only
be
a
limited
number
on
the
island
,
and
the
more
of
them
that
came
round
us
to
be
wiped
out
,
the
better
we
liked
it
.
"
We
bad
to
do
it
a
dozen
times
before
there
was
any
appreciable
effect
.
All
round
the
walls
we
had
a
belt
of
charred
stumps
before
they
began
to
get
shy
.
There
were
a
devil
of
a
lot
more
of
them
than
we
had
expected
.
"
"
There
used
to
be
at
least
half
a
dozen
nurseries
breeding
high
quality
triffids
on
the
island
—
not
to
mention
the
private
and
park
ones
,
"
I
said
.
