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H. G. Wells
· The War of the Worlds
· Project Gutenberg
There in the darkness a man blundered into me and sent me reeling back. He gave a cry of terror, sprang sideways, and rushed on before I could gather my wits sufficiently to speak to him. So heavy was the stress of the storm just at this place that I had the hardest task to win my way up the hill.
The abrupt collision in pitch darkness sharply disrupts the narrator's arduous ascent, emphasizing the storm's oppressive hold on the scene. The startled man's cry and swift retreat inject a moment of raw human fear into the relentless physical struggle agains...