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Chapter 21

The curate's madness and death

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  1. For two days the narrator and the curate fight in silence over the food.

    1 For two days the narrator and the curate fight in silence over the food.

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  2. By the scullery sink, the narrator says nothing to the curate's whispered threat to shout

    2 By the scullery sink, the narrator says nothing to the curate's whispered threat to shout

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  3. The curate shouts his prophecy, arms wide, as the narrator raises a hand to hush him

    3 The curate shouts his prophecy, arms wide, as the narrator raises a hand to hush him

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  4. Wild with fear, the narrator chases the raving curate with the meat chopper raised

    4 Wild with fear, the narrator chases the raving curate with the meat chopper raised

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  5. In the ruined kitchen, the narrator catches the raving curate and lifts the meat chopper

    5 In the ruined kitchen, the narrator catches the raving curate and lifts the meat chopper

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  6. Plaster pours down as a handling-machine slides across the hole and blots out the sun

    6 Plaster pours down as a handling-machine slides across the hole and blots out the sun

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  7. The narrator stands frozen over the fallen curate in the wrecked kitchen.

    7 The narrator stands frozen over the fallen curate in the wrecked kitchen.

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  8. The narrator watches a Martian's handling-machine lift the curate's limp body

    8 The narrator watches a Martian's handling-machine lift the curate's limp body

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  9. A Martian's metal tentacle sways blindly above the narrator, buried to the chin in coal

    9 A Martian's metal tentacle sways blindly above the narrator, buried to the chin in coal

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  10. The Martian's blind tentacle stops against the heel of the narrator's buried boot

    10 The Martian's blind tentacle stops against the heel of the narrator's buried boot

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  11. Half-buried in the coal cellar, the narrator bites down on his own hand to keep from screaming.

    11 Half-buried in the coal cellar, the narrator bites down on his own hand to keep from screaming.

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