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           "ButdoyoumeantosayyouknewIwashere?"

           "Wefoundoutveryroughlyyourprobablelocationafewdaysagofromafellowweallhavecausetoremember:oneCoker."

           "SoCokercamethroughtoo,"Isaid."AftertheshamblesIsawatTynsham,I’danideatheplaguemighthavegothim."

           Lateron,whenwehadhadamealandproducedourbestbrandy,wegotthestoryoutofhim.

           WhenMichaelBeadleyandhispartyhadgoneon,leavingTynshamtothemerciesandprinciplesofMissDurrant,theyhadnotmadeforBeaminster,noranywherenearit.Theyhadgonenortheast,intoOxfordshire.MissDurrant’smisdirectiontousmusthavebeendeliberate,forBeaminsterhadneverbeenmentioned.

           Theybadfoundthereanestatewhichseemedatfirsttoofferthegroupallitrequired,andnodoubttheycouldhaveentrenchedthemselvesthereaswehadentrenchedourselvesatShirning;butasthemenaceofthetriffidsincreased,thedisadvantagesoftheplacebecamemoreobvious.InayearbathMichaelandtheColonelwerehighlydissatisfiedwiththelonger-termprospectsthere.Agreatdealofworkhadalreadybeenputintotheplace,butbytheendofthesecondsummertherewasgeneralagreementthatitwouldbebettertocuttheirlosses.Tobuildacommunitytheyhadtothinkintermsofyearsaconsiderablenumberofyears.Theyalsohadtobearinmindthatthelongertheydelayed,themoredifficultanymovewouldbe.

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