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The First Night.

           Wehadheardsoundslikeitsincesometimesquitedistant-buthowfarwas"distant"throughthedampingeffectofthemist?Andsometimestheywerecloseenoughtoshakethebuildingandmakeitseemasiftheventriclesofyourhearthadsuddenlybeenloadedupwithicewater.

           Billystartedinmylapandmoaned.Ibrushedhishairandhemoanedmoreloudly.Thenheseemedtofindsleep’slessdangerouswatersagain.MyowndozewasbrokenandIwasstaringwideawakeagain.Sincedark,Ihadonlymanagedtosleepaboutninetyminutes,andthathadbeendream-haunted.Inoneofthedreamfragments,ithadbeenthenightbeforeagain.BillyandSteffywerestandinginfrontofthepicturewindow,lookingoutattheblackandslate-graywaters,outatthesilverspinningwaterspoutthatheraldedthestorm.Itriedtogettothem,knowingthatastrongenoughwindcouldbreakthewindowandthrowdeadlyglassdartsallthewayacrossthelivingroom.ButnomatterhowIran,Iseemed,togetnoclosertothem.Andthenabirdroseoutofthewaterspout,agiganticscarletoiseaudemortwhoseprehistoricwingspandarkenedtheentirelakefromwesttoeast.Itsbeakopened,revealingamawthesizeoftheHollandTunnel.Andasthebirdcametogobbleupmywifeandson,alow,sinistervoicebegantowhisperoverandoveragain:TheArrowheadProject...theArrowheadProject...theArrowheadProject...

           NotthatBillyandIweretheonlyonessleepingpoorly.Othersscreamedintheirsleep,andsomewentonscreamingaftertheywokeup.

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