I walked right to Dullingham without meeting my father. At
Dullingham I was told that he had not been there for some days. Then,
for the first time, I began to be haunted by fears, but they took no
distinct shape. When I returned to the landslip the people were still
there, and still very excited about it. In the afternoon I went again
on the sands, thinking that I might see my father and also that I
might see you. I walked about till dusk without seeing either of you,
and then I went back to the cottage. I had now become very anxious
about my father, and sat up all night. The next morning after
breakfast I went again on the sands. The number of people collected
round the landslip seemed greater than ever, and many of them, I
think, came from Graylingham, Rington, and Dullingham. They seemed
more excited than they had been on the previous day, and they did not
notice me as I joined them. I heard some one say in a cracked and
piping voice, "Well, it's my belief as Tom lays under that there
settlement. It's my belief that he wur standing on the edge of the
churchyard cliff, and when the cliff fell he fell with it.
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