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Friday Night

           butforthemostpartthedailyroutineofworking,eating,drinking,sleeping,wentonasithaddoneforcountlessyearsasthoughnoplanetMarsexistedinthesky. EvenatWokingstationandHorsellandChobhamthatwasthecase. 

           InWokingjunction,untilalatehour,trainswerestoppingandgoingon,otherswereshuntingonthesidings,passengerswerealightingandwaiting,andeverythingwasproceedinginthemostordinaryway. Aboyfromthetown,trenchingonSmith’smonopoly,wassellingpaperswiththeafternoon’snews. Theringingimpactoftrucks,thesharpwhistleoftheenginesfromthejunction,mingledwiththeirshoutsof"MenfromMars! "Excitedmencameintothestationaboutnineo’clockwithincredibletidings,andcausednomoredisturbancethandrunkardsmighthavedone. PeoplerattlingLondonwardspeeredintothedarknessoutsidethecarriagewindows,andsawonlyarare,flickering,vanishingsparkdanceupfromthedirectionofHorsell,aredglowandathinveilofsmokedrivingacrossthestars,andthoughtthatnothingmoreseriousthanaheathfirewashappening. Itwasonlyroundtheedgeofthecommonthatanydisturbancewasperceptible. TherewerehalfadozenvillasburningontheWokingborder. Therewerelightsinallthehousesonthecommonsideofthethreevillages,andthepeopletherekeptawaketilldawn. 

           Acuriouscrowdlingeredrestlessly,peoplecomingandgoingbutthecrowdremaining,bothontheChobhamandHorsellbridges. Oneortwoadventuroussouls,itwasafterwardsfound,wentintothedarknessandcrawledquiteneartheMartians; buttheyneverreturned,fornowandagainalight-ray,likethebeamofawarship’ssearchlightsweptthecommon,andtheHeat-Raywasreadytofollow. 

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