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Chapter 4

           Buttherewasanenemyapproachingthatwasnotmortal—notinanywayunderstood.Itwasalreadymakingitselfmanifest,intonesthatresembledthunder—inshadowsthatmockedthedarknessofmidnight.Whowouldnothavefeltfearattheapproachofadestroyersodeclaringitself?

           Theex-officerwasunabletoresisttheunitedwarningsofearthandheaven;and,slippingoutofhissaddlewithashowofreluctance—intendedtosaveappearances—heclamberedintothecarriage,andensconcedhimselfbehindtheclosely-drawncurtains.

           Todescribewhatfollowedisbeyondthepowerofthepen.Noeyebeheldthespectacle:fornonedaredlookuponit.Evenhadthisbeenpossible,nothingcouldhavebeenseen.Infiveminutesafterthemufflingofthemules,thetrainwasenvelopedinworsethanCimmeriandarkness.

           Theopeningscenecanalonebedepicted:forthatonlywasobservedbythetravellers.Oneofthesablecolumns,movingintheadvance,brokeasitcameincollisionwiththewaggon-tilts.Downcameashowerofblackdust,asiftheskyhadcommencedraininggunpowder!Itwasaforetasteofwhatwastofollow.

           Therewasashortintervalofopenatmosphere—hotastheinsideofanoven.

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