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He
heard
footsteps
running
to
and
fro
in
the
rooms
,
and
up
and
down
stairs
behind
him
.
His
landlady
came
to
the
door
,
loosely
wrapped
in
dressing
gown
and
shawl
;
her
husband
followed
ejaculating
.
As
my
brother
began
to
realise
the
import
of
all
these
things
,
he
turned
hastily
to
his
own
room
,
put
all
his
available
money
--
some
ten
pounds
altogether
--
into
his
pockets
,
and
went
out
again
into
the
streets
.
It
was
while
the
curate
had
sat
and
talked
so
wildly
to
me
under
the
hedge
in
the
flat
meadows
near
Halliford
,
and
while
my
brother
was
watching
the
fugitives
stream
over
Westminster
Bridge
,
that
the
Martians
had
resumed
the
offensive
.
So
far
as
one
can
ascertain
from
the
conflicting
accounts
that
have
been
put
forth
,
the
majority
of
them
remained
busied
with
preparations
in
the
Horsell
pit
until
nine
that
night
,
hurrying
on
some
operation
that
disengaged
huge
volumes
of
green
smoke
.
But
three
certainly
came
out
about
eight
o'clock
and
,
advancing
slowly
and
cautiously
,
made
their
way
through
Byfleet
and
Pyrford
towards
Ripley
and
Weybridge
,
and
so
came
in
sight
of
the
expectant
batteries
against
the
setting
sun
.
These
Martians
did
not
advance
in
a
body
,
but
in
a
line
,
each
perhaps
a
mile
and
a
half
from
his
nearest
fellow
.
They
communicated
with
one
another
by
means
of
sirenlike
howls
,
running
up
and
down
the
scale
from
one
note
to
another
.
It
was
this
howling
and
firing
of
the
guns
at
Ripley
and
St.
George
's
Hill
that
we
had
heard
at
Upper
Halliford
.
The
Ripley
gunners
,
unseasoned
artillery
volunteers
who
ought
never
to
have
been
placed
in
such
a
position
,
fired
one
wild
,
premature
,
ineffectual
volley
,
and
bolted
on
horse
and
foot
through
the
deserted
village
,
while
the
Martian
,
without
using
his
Heat-Ray
,
walked
serenely
over
their
guns
,
stepped
gingerly
among
them
,
passed
in
front
of
them
,
and
so
came
unexpectedly
upon
the
guns
in
Painshill
Park
,
which
he
destroyed
.
The
St.
George
's
Hill
men
,
however
,
were
better
led
or
of
a
better
mettle
.
Hidden
by
a
pine
wood
as
they
were
,
they
seem
to
have
been
quite
unsuspected
by
the
Martian
nearest
to
them
.
They
laid
their
guns
as
deliberately
as
if
they
had
been
on
parade
,
and
fired
at
about
a
thousand
yards
'
range
.
The
shells
flashed
all
round
him
,
and
he
was
seen
to
advance
a
few
paces
,
stagger
,
and
go
down
.
Everybody
yelled
together
,
and
the
guns
were
reloaded
in
frantic
haste
.
The
overthrown
Martian
set
up
a
prolonged
ululation
,
and
immediately
a
second
glittering
giant
,
answering
him
,
appeared
over
the
trees
to
the
south
.
It
would
seem
that
a
leg
of
the
tripod
had
been
smashed
by
one
of
the
shells
.
The
whole
of
the
second
volley
flew
wide
of
the
Martian
on
the
ground
,
and
,
simultaneously
,
both
his
companions
brought
their
Heat-Rays
to
bear
on
the
battery
.
The
ammunition
blew
up
,
the
pine
trees
all
about
the
guns
flashed
into
fire
,
and
only
one
or
two
of
the
men
who
were
already
running
over
the
crest
of
the
hill
escaped
.
After
this
it
would
seem
that
the
three
took
counsel
together
and
halted
,
and
the
scouts
who
were
watching
them
report
that
they
remained
absolutely
stationary
for
the
next
half
hour
.
The
Martian
who
had
been
overthrown
crawled
tediously
out
of
his
hood
,
a
small
brown
figure
,
oddly
suggestive
from
that
distance
of
a
speck
of
blight
,
and
apparently
engaged
in
the
repair
of
his
support
.
About
nine
he
had
finished
,
for
his
cowl
was
then
seen
above
the
trees
again
.
It
was
a
few
minutes
past
nine
that
night
when
these
three
sentinels
were
joined
by
four
other
Martians
,
each
carrying
a
thick
black
tube
.
A
similar
tube
was
handed
to
each
of
the
three
,
and
the
seven
proceeded
to
distribute
themselves
at
equal
distances
along
a
curved
line
between
St.
George
's
Hill
,
Weybridge
,
and
the
village
of
Send
,
southwest
of
Ripley
.
A
dozen
rockets
sprang
out
of
the
hills
before
them
so
soon
as
they
began
to
move
,
and
warned
the
waiting
batteries
about
Ditton
and
Esher
.
