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When the Sleeper Wakes | H. G. [Herbert George] Wells | |
The Sound Of A Tumult |
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Then he perceived, repeated again and again, a certain formula. For a time he doubted his ears. But surely these were the words: " how us the Sleeper! Show us the Sleeper!" The thickset man rushed suddenly to the archway. "Wild!" he cried, "How do they know? Do they know? Or is it guessing? " There was perhaps an answer. "I can't come," said the thickset man; "I have _him_ to see to. But shout from the balcony." There was an inaudible reply. "Say he is not awake. Anything! I leave it to you." He came hurrying back to Graham. "You must have clothes at once," he said. "You cannot stop here--and it will be impossible to--" He rushed away, Graham shouting unanswered questions after him. In a moment he was back. "I can't tell you what is happening. It is too complex to explain. In a moment you shall have your clothes made. Yes--in a moment. And then I can take you away from here. You will find out our troubles soon enough." "But those voices. They were shouting--?" "Something about the Sleeper--that's you. They have some twisted idea. I don't know what it is. I know nothing." A shrill bell jetted acutely across the indistinct mingling of remote noises, and this brusque person sprang to a little group of appliances in the corner of the room. He listened for a moment, regarding a ball of crystal, nodded, and said a few indistinct words; then he walked to the wall through which the two men had vanished. It rolled up again like a curtain, and he stood waiting. |
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