I had already removed my shoes, and my jacket was buttoned at the collar so as to show no shirt.

I did not think that the coming visitor would trouble to explore the crevice beyond the platform, but I wanted to be prepared for emergencies.
Then followed an hour of waiting.

I felt wonderfully cheered and exhilarated, for Wake had restored my confidence in human nature.

In that eerie place we were wrapped round with mystery like a fog.

Some unknown figure was coming out of the sea, the emissary of that Power we had been at grips with for three years.