"Good God!" cried Maurice. "You're hurt."

"Something funny's happened. Oh! Oh! It's burning," she shrieked. "Oh, my throat! my throat!... my throat!"

The sea-birds wheeled about the mist, screaming dismay.


Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
techinque=>technique
assimiliated form=>assimilated form
later's opinion=latter's opinion
nose is high=>nose as high
baseles=>baseless
afternon=>afternoon
biabolic strangeness=>diabolic strangeness
yet you know=>let you know
as got a most=>has got a most
than oy=>than by
unseeen follower=>unseen follower
Bochym=>Bochyn
Terpsichore=>Terpischore
faintiest=>faintest
shooked her head=>shook her head
beanfast at Clacton=>beanfeast at Clacton
you'm a marvel=>you're a marvel