Chapter 32

           ‘Jimtookupanadvantageouspositionandshepherdedthemoutinabunchthroughthedoorway:allthattimethetorchhadremainedverticalinthegripofalittlehand,withoutsomuchasatremble.Thethreemenobeyedhim,perfectlymute,movingautomatically.Herangedtheminarow.“Linkarms!”heordered.Theydidso.“Thefirstwhowithdrawshisarmorturnshisheadisadeadman,”hesaid.“March!”Theysteppedouttogether,rigidly;hefollowed,andatthesidethegirl,inatrailingwhitegown,herblackhairfallingaslowasherwaist,borethelight.Erectandswaying,sheseemedtoglidewithouttouchingtheearth;theonlysoundwasthesilkyswishandrustleofthelonggrass.“Stop!”criedJim.

           ‘Theriver-bankwassteep;agreatfreshnessascended,thelightfellontheedgeofsmoothdarkwaterfrothingwithoutaripple;rightandlefttheshapesofthehousesrantogetherbelowthesharpoutlinesoftheroofs.“TakemygreetingstoSherifAlitillIcomemyself,”saidJim.Notoneheadofthethreebudged.“Jump!”hethundered.Thethreesplashesmadeonesplash,ashowerflewup,blackheadsbobbedconvulsively,anddisappeared;butagreatblowingandsplutteringwenton,growingfaint,fortheyweredivingindustriously,ingreatfearofapartingshot.Jimturnedtothegirl,whohadbeenasilentandattentiveobserver.Hisheartseemedsuddenlytogrowtoobigforhisbreastandchokehiminthehollowofhisthroat.

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