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The
wounded
creature
by
the
fire
--
it
was
a
Wolf-brute
with
a
bearded
grey
face
--
lay
,
I
found
,
with
the
fore
part
of
its
body
upon
the
still
glowing
timber
.
The
wretched
thing
was
injured
so
dreadfully
that
in
mercy
I
blew
its
brains
out
at
once
.
The
other
brute
was
one
of
the
Bull-men
swathed
in
white
.
He
too
was
dead
.
The
rest
of
the
Beast
People
had
vanished
from
the
beach
.
I
went
to
Montgomery
again
and
knelt
beside
him
,
cursing
my
ignorance
of
medicine
.
The
fire
beside
me
had
sunk
down
,
and
only
charred
beams
of
timber
glowing
at
the
central
ends
and
mixed
with
a
grey
ash
of
brushwood
remained
.
I
wondered
casually
where
Montgomery
had
got
his
wood
.
Then
I
saw
that
the
dawn
was
upon
us
.
The
sky
had
grown
brighter
,
the
setting
moon
was
becoming
pale
and
opaque
in
the
luminous
blue
of
the
day
.
The
sky
to
the
eastward
was
rimmed
with
red
.
Suddenly
I
heard
a
thud
and
a
hissing
behind
me
,
and
,
looking
round
,
sprang
to
my
feet
with
a
cry
of
horror
.
Against
the
warm
dawn
great
tumultuous
masses
of
black
smoke
were
boiling
up
out
of
the
enclosure
,
and
through
their
stormy
darkness
shot
flickering
threads
of
blood-red
flame
.
Then
the
thatched
roof
caught
.
I
saw
the
curving
charge
of
the
flames
across
the
sloping
straw
.
A
spurt
of
fire
jetted
from
the
window
of
my
room
.
I
knew
at
once
what
had
happened
.
I
remembered
the
crash
I
had
heard
.
When
I
had
rushed
out
to
Montgomery
's
assistance
,
I
had
overturned
the
lamp
.
The
hopelessness
of
saving
any
of
the
contents
of
the
enclosure
stared
me
in
the
face
.
My
mind
came
back
to
my
plan
of
flight
,
and
turning
swiftly
I
looked
to
see
where
the
two
boats
lay
upon
the
beach
.
They
were
gone
!
Two
axes
lay
upon
the
sands
beside
me
;
chips
and
splinters
were
scattered
broadcast
,
and
the
ashes
of
the
bonfire
were
blackening
and
smoking
under
the
dawn
.
Montgomery
had
burnt
the
boats
to
revenge
himself
upon
me
and
prevent
our
return
to
mankind
!
A
sudden
convulsion
of
rage
shook
me
.
I
was
almost
moved
to
batter
his
foolish
head
in
,
as
he
lay
there
helpless
at
my
feet
.
Then
suddenly
his
hand
moved
,
so
feebly
,
so
pitifully
,
that
my
wrath
vanished
.
He
groaned
,
and
opened
his
eyes
for
a
minute
.
I
knelt
down
beside
him
and
raised
his
head
.
He
opened
his
eyes
again
,
staring
silently
at
the
dawn
,
and
then
they
met
mine
.
The
lids
fell
.
"
Sorry
,
"
he
said
presently
,
with
an
effort
.
He
seemed
trying
to
think
.
"
The
last
,
"
he
murmured
,
"
the
last
of
this
silly
universe
.
What
a
mess
--
"
I
listened
.
His
head
fell
helplessly
to
one
side
.
I
thought
some
drink
might
revive
him
;
but
there
was
neither
drink
nor
vessel
in
which
to
bring
drink
at
hand
.
He
seemed
suddenly
heavier
.
My
heart
went
cold
.
I
bent
down
to
his
face
,
put
my
hand
through
the
rent
in
his
blouse
He
was
dead
;
and
even
as
he
died
a
line
of
white
heat
,
the
limb
of
the
sun
,
rose
eastward
beyond
the
projection
of
the
bay
,
splashing
its
radiance
across
the
sky
and
turning
the
dark
sea
into
a
weltering
tumult
of
dazzling
light
.
It
fell
like
a
glory
upon
his
death-shrunken
face
.
I
let
his
head
fall
gently
upon
the
rough
pillow
I
had
made
for
him
,
and
stood
up
.
Before
me
was
the
glittering
desolation
of
the
sea
,
the
awful
solitude
upon
which
I
had
already
suffered
so
much
;
behind
me
the
island
,
hushed
under
the
dawn
,
its
Beast
People
silent
and
unseen
.
The
enclosure
,
with
all
its
provisions
and
ammunition
,
burnt
noisily
,
with
sudden
gusts
of
flame
,
a
fitful
crackling
,
and
now
and
then
a
crash
.
The
heavy
smoke
drove
up
the
beach
away
from
me
,
rolling
low
over
the
distant
tree-tops
towards
the
huts
in
the
ravine
.
Beside
me
were
the
charred
vestiges
of
the
boats
and
these
four
dead
bodies
.
