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to.ishallgoafterhihesaid.theresanother
revolverileavehyou.totellyouthetruth,ifeel
anxioussohooreau
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heobtaiheyhand
oable;thenout,leavilessntagionin
theair.ididnotsitlongafterheleft,buttookthe
revolverinhandandtothedoorway.
theingillasdeath.notawhisperof
irring;theseahesky
ety,thebeayhalfexcited,half
feverishstate,thisstillnessofthingsoppressed.itried
tole,aunediedahe
sendtithating.thenitotheerof
theenclosureandstaredinlandatthegreenbushthathad
sery.whenwould
theyretu,andhohebeachalittle
greybeastnappeared,randootheersedge
andbegansplashingabout.istrolledbacktothedoorway,
thentotheeragain,andsobeganpagtoandfro
likeasentineluponduty.ohe
distantvoiontgorybaooee
reauarecalesspainful,butveryhot.igot
feverishandthirsty.shadoer.iched
thedistantfigureuntilitoreau
andntgoryuthreeseabirdsbegan
fightingforsostrareasure.theislandofdooreau
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thenfroaraheenclosureihearda
pistolshot.alongsilendthenother.thena
yellingalgapofsilence.
unfortunateiginatiooent.then
suddenlyashotcloseby.itotheer,startled,
andsaery,hisfacescarlet,hishair
disordered,andthekneeofhistrousersto.hisface
expressedprofoundion.behindhilouched
thebeastn,ing,androundingsjawswere
soqueerdarkstains.
hasheesaidntgory.
reausaidi.nodthenostsobbing.go
ba,hesaid,takingartheyred.theyre
allrushingaboutd.havehappenedidont
knoybreathes.e
brandy
ntgoryliedbeforeintotheroondsat
doselfdo
outsidethedlikeadog.igot
ntgorysobrandyander.hesatstaringin
frontofhitnothing,reveringhisbreath.afterso
nuteshebegantotelloreau
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hehadfolloelain
enoughatfirstonatofthecrushedandbroken
bushes,thepusbandages,and
oearsofbloodontheleavesoftheshrubsand
undergrothetrack,hohestony
groundbeyoreaebeast
ndrinking,andlesslyward
shoutingreausna.theninghadetohibr >
carryingalighthatchet.inghadseennothingofthe
puaffair;hadbeenfellingcalling.
theye
throughtheundergrowth,
ed
ntgorybytheirstrangeness.hehailedtheand
theyfledguiltily.hestoppedshoutingafterthat,andafter
etifartherinanundecidedway,
deterovisitthehuts.
hefoundtheravied.
groorealardeverynute,hebeganto
retracehissteps.thehetwo
senihadseendanyarrival;
bloodstaiheyouth,andintensely
excited.theycacrashingthroughthefes,and
stopped.heoreau
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hisetrepidation,andforthhtheyrushedat
hineverbeforehadabeastodothat.one
heshhthehead;ingflunghielfuponthe
other,alinggothisbrute
underandery
shotthattooasitstrugglediningsgrip.hehadso
difficultyinindugingtoeon.
theheyhadhurriedbackto.ontheling
hadsuddenlyrushedintoathicketanddrivenoutan
undersizedoan,alsobloodstained,andla
throughahefoot.thisbrutehadrunalittle
ery
.
eansaidi.
heshookhishead,andtuedohe
brandy.theislandofdooreau
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xviii.thefindingofreau.
whenisaeryshirddoseof
brandy,itookitupoointerfere.hewasalready
rethanhalffuddled.itoldhihatsoseriousthing
sthavehappeoreaubythisti,orhewould
haveretuedbeforethis,andthatitbehovedusto
ascertaineryraised
sofeebleobjes,andatlastagreed.e
food,andthenallthreeofusstarted.
itispossiblyduetothetensionofnd,atthe
ti,butevennohatstartintothehotstillnessofthe
tropipression.ing
first,hisshoulderhunched,hisstrangeblackhead
vinghquickstartsashepeeredfirstonthissideof
theed;hisaxehehad
droppedah
etofighting.ntgory
folloblingfootsteps,hishandsinhis
pockets,hisfacedouddled
sullennesseoarbr >
yleft,andicarried
revolverinright.soonoreau
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throughtheheisland,going
northe
rigideryalststaggered
intohiaoppedtoo.then,listeningily,
ingthroughthetreesthesoundofvoices
andfootstepsapproagus.
heisdead,saidadeep,vibratingvoice.
heisnotdead;heisnotdead,jabberedanother.
wesaes.
hullosuddenlyshoutedntgory,hullo,there
nfoundyousaidi,andgrippedpistol.
thereongthe
interlagvegetation,firsthere,thenthere,andthenhalf
adozenfacesappeared,strangefaces,litbyastrange
light.ingdeagrohr
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