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Again the other answered, this ti the nerves of his back that prickled his own skin and passed out along the tail with an exquisite ripple of movement And once more cae went on Already in the voice of each there had begun to show itself that faint note of hysteria that culer and a torrent of spits, leading again in their turn to an o blows at eyes and ears In another instant the watcher above would recoil for a moment as the swift rush was made up the trellis, and then the battle would be joined: but that instant never ca down into the grey gloohteen inches behind, saw an astonishing sight His adversary had broken off in thecrescendo cry, and was hi now not upwards, but doards, diagonally, at a certain curtainedeight feet below

This was all very unusual and contrary to precedent A dog, a human hand ars were not present to account for the breach of etiquette Vaguely he perceived this, conscious only of inexplicability; but he himself also ceased, and watched for develop body beneath waslie of the narroall into the unfathoarden; and as the watcher stared, he felt himself some communication of the horror so apparent in the other's attitude Along his own spine, fro nervous movement; his own tail ceased tothe head There was a move love of his heart stepping softly into her place beside hiain his adversary had vanished

Yet he still watched Still there was no sound fro of light shone out into the darkness to explain that sudden withdrawal from the fray

All was as silent as it had been just now; on all sides ere closed; now and then came a human voice, just a word or two, spoken and answered from one of those pits beneath, and the steady rumble of traffic went on far away across the roofs; but here, in the ih thein question; he had leapt hiain and seen the foodless waste of floor and carpet and furniture within