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If you are not located in the United States, you'll -have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using -this ebook. -Title: The Watcher by the Threshold - -Author: John Buchan - -Release Date: June 26, 2018 [EBook #57402] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WATCHER BY THE THRESHOLD *** - - - - -Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - @@ -1921,7 +1894,7 @@ the following paragraph, which shows in what light the world had come to look upon him:-- "At the outset of his career he was regarded as a rising scholar in one -department of archæology, and his Taffert lectures were a real +department of archæology, and his Taffert lectures were a real contribution to an obscure subject. But in afterlife he was led into fantastic speculations; and when he found himself unable to convince his colleagues, he gradually retired into himself, and lived practically a @@ -1944,7 +1917,7 @@ days. It is not for me to decide the question. Though a fellow-historian, the Picts are outside my period, and I dare not advance an opinion on a matter with which I am not fully familiar. But I would point out that the means of settling the question are still -extant, and I would call upon some young archæologist, with a reputation +extant, and I would call upon some young archæologist, with a reputation to make, to seize upon the chance of the century. Most of the expresses for the North stop at Allerfoot; a ten-miles' drive will bring him to Allermuir; and then with a fifteen-miles' walk he is at Farawa and on @@ -2097,12 +2070,12 @@ This place was Colin's playground in fine weather. When it blew rain or snow from the north he dwelt indoors among dogs and books, puzzling his way through great volumes from his father's shelves. But when the mild west-wind weather fell on the sea, then he would lie on the hot -sand--Amèlie the nurse reading a novel on the nearest rock--and kick his +sand--Amèlie the nurse reading a novel on the nearest rock--and kick his small heels as he followed his fancy. He built great sand castles to the shape of Acharra old tower, and peopled them with preposterous knights and ladies; he drew great moats and rivers for the tide to fill; he -fought battles innumerable with crackling seaweed, till Amèlie, with her -sharp cry of "Colín, Colín," would carry him houseward for tea. +fought battles innumerable with crackling seaweed, till Amèlie, with her +sharp cry of "ColÃn, ColÃn," would carry him houseward for tea. Two fancies remained in his mind through those boyish years. One was about the mysterious shining sea before him. In certain weathers it @@ -2125,7 +2098,7 @@ on the right. His walks had never extended beyond it, either on the sands or inland, for that way lay a steep hillside and a perilous bog. But often on the sands he had come to its foot and wondered what country lay beyond. He made many efforts to explore it, difficult efforts, for -the vigilant Amèlie had first to be avoided. Once he was almost at the +the vigilant Amèlie had first to be avoided. Once he was almost at the top when some seaweed to which he clung gave way, and he rolled back again to the soft warm sand. By-and-by he found that he knew what was beyond. A clear picture had built itself up in his brain of a mile of @@ -2481,9 +2454,9 @@ Colin grinned with amusement. "I'll tell you about it later," he said. sort," said Medway. "It reads like this: '_Soles occidere solent_' (that's cribbed from Catullus, and besides it's the regular monkish pun) ... _qua_ ... then _blandula_ something. Then there's a lot of Choctaw, -and then _illæ insulæ dilectcæ in quas festinant somnia animulæ gaudia_. +and then _illæ insulæ dilectcæ in quas festinant somnia animulæ gaudia_. That's pretty fair rot. Hullo, by George! here's something -better--_Insula pomorum insula vitæ_. That's Geoffrey of Monmouth." +better--_Insula pomorum insula vitæ_. That's Geoffrey of Monmouth." He made a dive to a bookcase and pulled out a battered little calf-bound duodecimo. "Here's all about your Isle of Apple-trees. Listen. 'Situate @@ -3260,7 +3233,7 @@ to be that hoary Evil which is older than the stars. Crazy nonsense! I had to rub my eyes to assure myself that I was not sleeping. No! There was my friend with his suffering face, and it was the library of More. -And then he spoke of Theodora--actress, harlot, _dévote_, empress. For +And then he spoke of Theodora--actress, harlot, _dévote_, empress. For him the lady was but another part of the uttermost horror, a form of the shapeless thing at his side. I felt myself falling under the fascination. I have no nerves and little imagination, but in a flash I @@ -5030,7 +5003,7 @@ it quieted to the low sultry croon which told of blazing midday when the streams are parched and the bent crackles like dry tinder. Anon it was evening, and the melody dwelled among the high soft notes which mean the coming of dark and the green light of sunset. Then the whole changed to -a great pæan which rang like an organ through the earth. There were +a great pæan which rang like an organ through the earth. There were trumpet notes in it and flute notes and the plaint of pipes. "Come forth," it cried; "the sky is wide and it is a far cry to the world's end. The fire crackles fine o' nights below the firs, and the smell of @@ -5394,7 +5367,7 @@ way of Venice. He brought one man with him from Wyvenhoe, a lean gipsy lad called Martell, and for his other hand he found an Epirote at Corfu, who bore a string of names that began with Constantine. From Patras with a west wind they made good sailing up the Gulf of Corinth, and, passing -through the Canal, came in the last days of March to the Piræus. In that +through the Canal, came in the last days of March to the Piræus. In that place of polyglot speech, whistling engines, and the odour of gasworks, they delayed only for water and supplies, and presently had rounded Sunium, and were beating up the Euripus with the Attic hills rising @@ -5415,10 +5388,10 @@ port the prospect looked doubtful. The nearest harbour was twenty miles distant, and as no one of the crew had been there before it was a question if they could make it by nightfall. With the evening the gale increased, and Constantine advised a retreat from the maze of rocky -islands to the safer deeps of the Ægean. It was a hard night for the +islands to the safer deeps of the Ægean. It was a hard night for the three, and there was no chance of sleep. More by luck than skill they escaped the butt of Skiathos, and the first light found them far to the -east among the long seas of the North Ægean, well on the way to Lemnos. +east among the long seas of the North Ægean, well on the way to Lemnos. By eight o'clock the gale had blown itself out, and three soaked and chilly mortals relaxed their vigil. Soon bacon was frizzling on the cuddy-stove, and hot coffee and dry clothes restored them to comfort. @@ -5468,7 +5441,7 @@ single lit window made an eye in the night. He had leisure now for the thought which had all day been at the back of his mind. The night had passed and there had been no dream. The -adventure for which he had prepared himself had vanished into the Ægean +adventure for which he had prepared himself had vanished into the Ægean tides. He told himself that it was a relief, that an old folly was over, but he knew in his heart that he was bitterly disappointed. The fates had prepared the stage and rung up the curtain without providing the @@ -5477,12 +5450,12 @@ gone from him. No man can be strung high and then find his preparation idle without suffering a cruel recoil. As he scribbled idly in his diary he found some trouble about dates. -Down in his bunk was a sheaf of Greek papers bought at the Piræus and +Down in his bunk was a sheaf of Greek papers bought at the Piræus and still unlooked at. He fetched them up and turned them over with a growing mystification. There was something very odd about the business. One gets hazy about dates at sea, but he could have sworn that he had made no mistake. Yet here it was down in black and white, for there was -no question about the number of days since he left the Piræus. The day +no question about the number of days since he left the Piræus. The day was not Tuesday, as he had believed, but Monday, the first Monday of April. @@ -5819,7 +5792,7 @@ DIVUS JOHNSTON "The Emperor assumed the title of _Divus_ or Divine, not of his own desire, but because it was forced upon him by a credulous - people."--SUETONIUS, _Lives of the Cæsars_. + people."--SUETONIUS, _Lives of the Cæsars_. This story, which you may believe or not as you like, was told me by my @@ -6193,7 +6166,7 @@ themselves to drinks, while a distracted landlord wrung his hands. He flew to Galbraith, the tears running down his cheeks, and implored him in broken words. -"Vere ze Engleesh?" he cried. "Ze méchants rob me. Zere is une émeute. +"Vere ze Engleesh?" he cried. "Ze méchants rob me. Zere is une émeute. Vere ze officers?" "That's what I'm wantin' to ken mysel'," said Galbraith. @@ -6204,8 +6177,8 @@ and I am rob." "Where's the polis? Get the Provost, man. D'ye tell me there's no polis left?" -"I am rob," the wail continued. "Ze méchants rob ze magasins and ve vill -be assassinés." +"I am rob," the wail continued. "Ze méchants rob ze magasins and ve vill +be assassinés." Light was dawning upon Private Galbraith. The British troops had left Ypres for some reason which he could not fathom, and there was no law or @@ -6294,7 +6267,7 @@ there is no authority in Ypres." An old priest, with a lean, grave face, had come up. -"Ah, Mam'selle Omèrine," he cried, "the devil in our city is unchained. +"Ah, Mam'selle Omèrine," he cried, "the devil in our city is unchained. Who is this soldier?" The two talked in French, while Galbraith whistled and looked at the @@ -6310,12 +6283,12 @@ The Grande Place was deserted, and in the middle there was a new gaping shell-hole. At the door of a great building, which Galbraith assumed to be the Town Hall, a feeble old porter was struggling with a man. Galbraith scragged the latter and pitched him into the shell-hole. There -was a riot going on in a café on the far side which he itched to have a +was a riot going on in a café on the far side which he itched to have a hand in, but he postponed that pleasure to a more convenient season. Twenty minutes later, in a noble room with frescoed and tapestried walls, there was a strange conference. The priest was there, and -Galbraith, and Mam'selle Omèrine, and her father, M. St Marais. There +Galbraith, and Mam'selle Omèrine, and her father, M. St Marais. There was a doctor too, and three elderly citizens, and an old warrior who had left an arm on the Yser. Galbraith took charge, with Mam'selle as his interpreter, and in half an hour had constituted a Committee of Public @@ -6368,7 +6341,7 @@ Highlanders, Acting Provost of Wipers." and on a' the public-hooses. And see that the doors o' the publics are boardit up. That'll do for the day. I'm feelin' verra like my bed." -Mam'selle Omèrine watched him with a smile. She caught his eye and +Mam'selle Omèrine watched him with a smile. She caught his eye and dropped him a curtsey. "Monsieur le Roi d'Ypres," she said. @@ -6384,7 +6357,7 @@ exertion, now found himself the inspirer of the maximum in others. At first he scorned advice, being shy and nervous. Gradually, as he felt his feet, he became glad of other people's wisdom. Especially he leaned -on two, Mam'selle Omèrine and her father. Likewise the priest, whom he +on two, Mam'selle Omèrine and her father. Likewise the priest, whom he called the minister. By the second day the order in Ypres was remarkable. By the third day it @@ -6405,7 +6378,7 @@ twice appeared for poaching. He was extraordinarily punctilious about forms, and the three criminals--their guilt was clear, and they were the scum of creation--had something more than justice. The Acting Provost pronounced sentence, which the priest translated, and a file of -_mutilés_ in the yard did the rest. +_mutilés_ in the yard did the rest. "If the Boches get in here we'll pay for this day's work," said the judge cheerfully; "but I'll gang easier to the grave for havin' got rid @@ -6417,7 +6390,7 @@ puttees, and he would be the better of a new shirt. Being aware that commandeering for personal use ill suited with his office, he put the case before the Procureur, and a _Commission de Ravitaillement_ was appointed. Shirts and puttees were easily got, but the kilt and bonnet -were difficulties. But next morning Mam'selle Omèrine brought a gift. It +were difficulties. But next morning Mam'selle Omèrine brought a gift. It was a bonnet with such a dicing round the rim as no Jock ever wore, and a skirt--it is the truest word--of that pattern which graces the persons of small girls in France. It was not the Lennox tartan, it was not any @@ -6472,7 +6445,7 @@ neck! Absent for a week wi'out leave, and gettin' yoursel' up to look like Harry Lauder! You come along wi' me!" "I'll come quiet," said Galbraith with strange meekness. He was -wondering how to spell Omèrine St Marais in case he wanted to write it +wondering how to spell Omèrine St Marais in case he wanted to write it in his Bible. The events of the next week were confusing to a plain man. 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