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He
did
not
make
a
long
speech
,
but
it
bad
effect
.
It
must
have
made
quite
a
number
of
the
members
of
his
audience
begin
to
feel
that
perhaps
they
were
at
the
beginning
of
something
,
after
all
,
rather
than
at
the
end
of
everything
.
In
spite
of
his
offering
little
but
generalities
,
there
was
a
more
alert
air
in
the
place
when
he
sat
down
.
The
Colonel
,
who
followed
him
,
was
practical
and
factual
.
He
reminded
us
that
for
reasons
of
health
it
would
be
advisable
for
us
to
get
away
from
all
built
-
up
areas
as
soon
as
practicable
—
which
was
expected
to
be
at
about
1200
hours
on
the
following
day
.
Almost
all
the
primary
necessities
,
as
well
as
extras
enough
to
give
a
reasonable
standard
of
comfort
,
had
now
been
collected
.
In
considering
our
stocks
,
our
aim
must
be
to
make
ourselves
as
nearly
independent
of
outside
sources
as
possible
for
a
minimum
of
one
year
.
We
should
spend
that
period
in
virtually
a
state
of
siege
.
There
were
,
no
doubt
,
many
things
we
should
all
like
to
take
besides
those
on
our
lists
,
but
they
would
have
to
wait
until
the
medical
staff
(
and
here
the
girl
on
the
committee
blushed
deeply
)
considered
it
safe
for
parties
to
leave
isolation
and
fetch
them
.
As
for
the
scene
of
our
isolation
,
the
committee
had
given
it
considerable
thought
,
and
,
bearing
in
mind
the
desiderata
of
compactness
,
self
-
sufficiency
,
and
detachment
,
had
come
to
the
conclusion
that
a
country
hoarding
school
,
or
,
failing
that
,
some
large
country
mansion
,
would
best
serve
our
purposes
.
Whether
the
committee
had
,
in
fact
,
not
yet
decided
on
any
particular
place
,
or
whether
the
military
notion
that
secrecy
has
some
intrinsic
value
persisted
in
the
Colonel
’
s
mind
,
I
cannot
say
,
but
I
have
no
doubt
that
his
failure
to
name
the
place
,
or
even
the
probable
locality
,
was
the
gravest
mistake
made
that
evening
.
At
the
time
,
however
,
his
practical
manner
had
a
further
reassuring
effect
.
As
he
sat
down
,
Michael
rose
again
.
He
spoke
encouragingly
to
the
girl
and
then
introduced
her
.
It
had
,
he
said
,
been
one
of
our
greatest
worries
that
we
had
no
one
among
us
with
medical
knowledge
;
therefore
it
was
with
great
relief
that
he
welcomed
Miss
Berr
.
It
was
true
that
she
did
not
hold
medical
degrees
with
impressive
letters
,
but
she
did
have
high
nursing
qualifications
.
For
himself
,
he
thought
that
knowledge
recently
attained
might
be
worth
more
than
degrees
acquired
years
ago
.
The
girl
,
blushing
again
,
said
a
little
piece
about
her
determination
to
carry
the
job
through
,
and
ended
a
trifle
abruptly
with
the
information
that
she
would
inoculate
us
all
against
a
variety
of
things
before
we
left
the
hall
.
A
small
,
sparrowlike
man
whose
name
I
did
not
catch
rubbed
it
in
that
the
health
of
each
was
the
concern
of
all
,
and
that
any
suspicion
of
illness
should
be
reported
at
once
,
since
the
effects
of
a
contagious
disease
among
us
would
he
serious
.
When
he
had
finished
,
Sandra
rose
and
introduced
the
last
speaker
of
the
group
:
Dr
.
E
.
H
.
Vorless
,
D
.
Sc
.
,
of
Edinburgh
,
professor
of
sociology
at
the
University
of
Kingston
.
The
white
-
haired
man
walked
to
the
desk
.
He
stood
there
a
few
moments
with
his
finger
tips
resting
upon
it
and
his
head
bent
down
as
if
he
were
studying
it
.
Those
behind
regarded
him
carefully
,
with
a
trace
of
anxiety
.
The
Colonel
leaned
over
to
whisper
something
to
Michael
,
who
nodded
without
taking
his
eyes
off
the
doctor
.
The
old
man
looked
up
.
He
passed
a
hand
over
his
hair
.
