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About
eleven
a
company
of
soldiers
came
through
Horsell
,
and
deployed
along
the
edge
of
the
common
to
form
a
cordon
.
Later
a
second
company
marched
through
Chobham
to
deploy
on
the
north
side
of
the
common
.
Several
officers
from
the
Inkerman
barracks
had
been
on
the
common
earlier
in
the
day
,
and
one
,
Major
Eden
,
was
reported
to
be
missing
.
The
colonel
of
the
regiment
came
to
the
Chobham
bridge
and
was
busy
questioning
the
crowd
at
midnight
.
The
military
authorities
were
certainly
alive
to
the
seriousness
of
the
business
.
About
eleven
,
the
next
morning
's
papers
were
able
to
say
,
a
squadron
of
hussars
,
two
Maxims
,
and
about
four
hundred
men
of
the
Cardigan
regiment
started
from
Aldershot
.
A
few
seconds
after
midnight
the
crowd
in
the
Chertsey
road
,
Woking
,
saw
a
star
fall
from
heaven
into
the
pine
woods
to
the
northwest
.
It
had
a
greenish
colour
,
and
caused
a
silent
brightness
like
summer
lightning
.
This
was
the
second
cylinder
.
Saturday
lives
in
my
memory
as
a
day
of
suspense
.
It
was
a
day
of
lassitude
too
,
hot
and
close
,
with
,
I
am
told
,
a
rapidly
fluctuating
barometer
.
I
had
slept
but
little
,
though
my
wife
had
succeeded
in
sleeping
,
and
I
rose
early
.
I
went
into
my
garden
before
breakfast
and
stood
listening
,
but
towards
the
common
there
was
nothing
stirring
but
a
lark
.
The
milkman
came
as
usual
.
I
heard
the
rattle
of
his
chariot
and
I
went
round
to
the
side
gate
to
ask
the
latest
news
.
He
told
me
that
during
the
night
the
Martians
had
been
surrounded
by
troops
,
and
that
guns
were
expected
.
Then
--
a
familiar
,
reassuring
note
--
I
heard
a
train
running
towards
Woking
.
"
They
are
n't
to
be
killed
,
"
said
the
milkman
,
"
if
that
can
possibly
be
avoided
.
"
I
saw
my
neighbour
gardening
,
chatted
with
him
for
a
time
,
and
then
strolled
in
to
breakfast
.
It
was
a
most
unexceptional
morning
.
My
neighbour
was
of
opinion
that
the
troops
would
be
able
to
capture
or
to
destroy
the
Martians
during
the
day
.
"
It
's
a
pity
they
make
themselves
so
unapproachable
,
"
he
said
.
"
It
would
be
curious
to
know
how
they
live
on
another
planet
;
we
might
learn
a
thing
or
two
.
"
He
came
up
to
the
fence
and
extended
a
handful
of
strawberries
,
for
his
gardening
was
as
generous
as
it
was
enthusiastic
.
At
the
same
time
he
told
me
of
the
burning
of
the
pine
woods
about
the
Byfleet
Golf
Links
.
"
They
say
,
"
said
he
,
"
that
there
's
another
of
those
blessed
things
fallen
there
--
number
two
.
But
one
's
enough
,
surely
.
This
lot
'll
cost
the
insurance
people
a
pretty
penny
before
everything
's
settled
.
"
He
laughed
with
an
air
of
the
greatest
good
humour
as
he
said
this
.
