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I
found
myself
that
the
cries
were
singularly
irritating
,
and
they
grew
in
depth
and
intensity
as
the
afternoon
wore
on
They
were
painful
at
first
,
but
their
constant
resurgence
at
last
altogether
upset
my
balance
.
I
flung
aside
a
crib
of
Horace
I
had
been
reading
,
and
began
to
clench
my
fists
,
to
bite
my
lips
,
and
to
pace
the
room
.
Presently
I
got
to
stopping
my
ears
with
my
fingers
.
The
emotional
appeal
of
those
yells
grew
upon
me
steadily
,
grew
at
last
to
such
an
exquisite
expression
of
suffering
that
I
could
stand
it
in
that
confined
room
no
longer
.
I
stepped
out
of
the
door
into
the
slumberous
heat
of
the
late
afternoon
,
and
walking
past
the
main
entrance
--
locked
again
,
I
noticed
--
turned
the
corner
of
the
wall
The
crying
sounded
even
louder
out
of
doors
.
It
was
as
if
all
the
pain
in
the
world
had
found
a
voice
.
Yet
had
I
known
such
pain
was
in
the
next
room
,
and
had
it
been
dumb
,
I
believe
--
I
have
thought
since
--
I
could
have
stood
it
well
enough
.
It
is
when
suffering
finds
a
voice
and
sets
our
nerves
quivering
that
this
pity
comes
troubling
us
.
But
in
spite
of
the
brilliant
sunlight
and
the
green
fans
of
the
trees
waving
in
the
soothing
sea-breeze
,
the
world
was
a
confusion
,
blurred
with
drifting
black
and
red
phantasms
,
until
I
was
out
of
earshot
of
the
house
in
the
chequered
wall
.
I
strode
through
the
undergrowth
that
clothed
the
ridge
behind
the
house
,
scarcely
heeding
whither
I
went
;
passed
on
through
the
shadow
of
a
thick
cluster
of
straight-stemmed
trees
beyond
it
,
and
so
presently
found
myself
some
way
on
the
other
side
of
the
ridge
,
and
descending
towards
a
streamlet
that
ran
through
a
narrow
valley
.
I
paused
and
listened
.
The
distance
I
had
come
,
or
the
intervening
masses
of
thicket
,
deadened
any
sound
that
might
be
coming
from
the
enclosure
.
The
air
was
still
.
Then
with
a
rustle
a
rabbit
emerged
,
and
went
scampering
up
the
slope
before
me
.
I
hesitated
,
and
sat
down
in
the
edge
of
the
shade
.
The
place
was
a
pleasant
one
.
The
rivulet
was
hidden
by
the
luxuriant
vegetation
of
the
banks
save
at
one
point
,
where
I
caught
a
triangular
patch
of
its
glittering
water
.
On
the
farther
side
I
saw
through
a
bluish
haze
a
tangle
of
trees
and
creepers
,
and
above
these
again
the
luminous
blue
of
the
sky
.
Here
and
there
a
splash
of
white
or
crimson
marked
the
blooming
of
some
trailing
epiphyte
.
I
let
my
eyes
wander
over
this
scene
for
a
while
,
and
then
began
to
turn
over
in
my
mind
again
the
strange
peculiarities
of
Montgomery
's
man
.
But
it
was
too
hot
to
think
elaborately
,
and
presently
I
fell
into
a
tranquil
state
midway
between
dozing
and
waking
.
From
this
I
was
aroused
,
after
I
know
not
how
long
,
by
a
rustling
amidst
the
greenery
on
the
other
side
of
the
stream
.
For
a
moment
I
could
see
nothing
but
the
waving
summits
of
the
ferns
and
reeds
.
Then
suddenly
upon
the
bank
of
the
stream
appeared
Something
--
at
first
I
could
not
distinguish
what
it
was
.
It
bowed
its
round
head
to
the
water
,
and
began
to
drink
.
Then
I
saw
it
was
a
man
,
going
on
all-fours
like
a
beast
.
He
was
clothed
in
bluish
cloth
,
and
was
of
a
copper-coloured
hue
,
with
black
hair
.
It
seemed
that
grotesque
ugliness
was
an
invariable
character
of
these
islanders
.
I
could
hear
the
suck
of
the
water
at
his
lips
as
he
drank
.
I
leant
forward
to
see
him
better
,
and
a
piece
of
lava
,
detached
by
my
hand
,
went
pattering
down
the
slope
.
He
looked
up
guiltily
,
and
his
eyes
met
mine
.
Forthwith
he
scrambled
to
his
feet
,
and
stood
wiping
his
clumsy
hand
across
his
mouth
and
regarding
me
.
His
legs
were
scarcely
half
the
length
of
his
body
.
So
,
staring
one
another
out
of
countenance
,
we
remained
for
perhaps
the
space
of
a
minute
.
Then
,
stopping
to
look
back
once
or
twice
,
he
slunk
off
among
the
bushes
to
the
right
of
me
,
and
I
heard
the
swish
of
the
fronds
grow
faint
in
the
distance
and
die
away
.
Long
after
he
had
disappeared
,
I
remained
sitting
up
staring
in
the
direction
of
his
retreat
.
My
drowsy
tranquillity
had
gone
.
I
was
startled
by
a
noise
behind
me
,
and
turning
suddenly
saw
the
flapping
white
tail
of
a
rabbit
vanishing
up
the
slope
.
I
jumped
to
my
feet
.
The
apparition
of
this
grotesque
,
half-bestial
creature
had
suddenly
populated
the
stillness
of
the
afternoon
for
me
.
I
looked
around
me
rather
nervously
,
and
regretted
that
I
was
unarmed
.
