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Chapter 3

The crowd at the Pit

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  1. A high view across Horsell Common on a still June morning.

    1 A high view across Horsell Common on a still June morning.

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  2. Alone in the pit by the cylinder, the narrator stops and tilts his head toward the sand

    2 Alone in the pit by the cylinder, the narrator stops and tilts his head toward the sand

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  3. A thin seam of yellowish-white metal gleams between the rusty cylinder's lid and body

    3 A thin seam of yellowish-white metal gleams between the rusty cylinder's lid and body

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  4. Half the district streams up the sandy road on Horsell Common toward the sand-pits

    4 Half the district streams up the sandy road on Horsell Common toward the sand-pits

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  5. By the sand-pits, a visitor opens an evening paper with huge headlines about Mars

    5 By the sand-pits, a visitor opens an evening paper with huge headlines about Mars

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  6. The crimson-faced Astronomer Royal stands on the half-buried cylinder, directing the dig

    6 The crimson-faced Astronomer Royal stands on the half-buried cylinder, directing the dig

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  7. Atop the half-buried cylinder, the Astronomer Royal stabs a finger at the workmen below

    7 Atop the half-buried cylinder, the Astronomer Royal stabs a finger at the workmen below

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  8. On the crater floor, the narrator leans his ear against the thick crusted end of the cylinder.

    8 On the crater floor, the narrator leans his ear against the thick crusted end of the cylinder.

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