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Chapter 5

           Igotadreadfulstart,whenIthoughtIheardthefilestillgoing;butitwasonlyasheep-bell.Thesheepstoppedintheireatingandlookedtimidlyatus;andthecattle,theirheadsturnedfromthewindandsleet,staredangrilyasiftheyheldusresponsibleforbothannoyances;but,exceptthesethings,andtheshudderofthedyingdayineverybladeofgrass,therewasnobreakinthebleakstillnessofthemarshes.

           ThesoldiersweremovingoninthedirectionoftheoldBattery,andweweremovingonalittlewaybehindthem,when,allofasudden,weallstopped.Fortherehadreachedusonthewingsofthewindandrain,alongshout.Itwasrepeated.Itwasatadistancetowardstheeast,butitwaslongandloud.Nay,thereseemedtobetwoormoreshoutsraisedtogetherifonemightjudgefromaconfusioninthesound.

           Tothiseffectthesergeantandthenearestmenwerespeakingundertheirbreath,whenJoeandIcameup.Afteranothermoment’slistening,Joe(whowasagoodjudge)agreed,andMr.Wopsle(whowasabadjudge)agreed.Thesergeant,adecisiveman,orderedthatthesoundshouldnotbeanswered,butthatthecourseshouldbechanged,andthathismenshouldmaketowardsit"atthedouble."Soweslantedtotheright(wheretheEastwas),andJoepoundedawaysowonderfully,thatIhadtoholdontighttokeepmyseat.

           Itwasarunindeednow,andwhatJoecalled,intheonlytwowordshespokeallthetime,"aWinder.

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