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Chapter 23

           InakindofpanicIwalkedbacktothecarobandalongtheeastsideofthegulleytothetopofthecliffthatoverlookedtheprivatebeach.Therewasmorescrubthere,butnotenoughforanyonetohide,unlesstheylayflat.AndIcouldnotimaginethatcholeric-lookingmanlyingdownflat,inhiding.ThenfromthehouseIheardthebell.Itrangthreetimes.Ilookedatmywatchteatime.Thebellrangagain;quick,quick,slow,andIrealizeditwassoundingthesyllablesofmyname.Ishouted"Coming!"Myvoiceechoed,lonely,ridiculous.Ibegantowalkback.Iought,Isuppose,tohavefeltfrightened.ButIwasn’t.ApartfromanythingelseIwastoointriguedandtoobewildered.BoththemanandthewheyfacedgirlhadlookedremarkablyEnglish;andwhatevernationalitytheyreallywere,Iknewtheydidn’tliveontheisland.SoIhadtopresumethattheyhadbeenspeciallybrought;hadbeenstandingby,hidingsomewhere,waitingformetoreadtheFoulkespamphlet.Ihadmadeiteasybyfallingasleep,andattheedgeofthegulley.Butthathadbeenpurechance.AndhowcouldConchishavesuchpeoplestandingby?Andwherehadtheydisappearedto?ForafewmomentsIhadletmymindplungeintodarkness,intoaworldwheretheexperienceofallmylifewasdisprovedandghostsexisted.Buttherewassomethingfartoounalloyedlyphysicalaboutallthesesupposedly"psychic"experiences.Besides,"apparitions"obviouslycarryleastconvictioninbrightdaylight.

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