1 My wife at least did not find my experience incredible.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME. 2 At that I gripped my wife's arm, and without ceremony ran her out into the road.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 3 I had slept but little, though my wife had succeeded in sleeping, and I rose early.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 4 My wife stood in the light of the doorway, and watched me until I jumped up into the dog cart.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM. 5 My wife was curiously silent throughout the drive, and seemed oppressed with forebodings of evil.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM. 6 My wife pointed out to me the brightness of the red, green, and yellow signal lights hanging in a framework against the sky.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: I. THE EVE OF THE WAR. 7 I was a little depressed at first with the contagion of my wife's fears, but very soon my thoughts reverted to the Martians.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM. 8 With wine and food, the confidence of my own table, and the necessity of reassuring my wife, I grew by insensible degrees courageous and secure.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: VII. HOW I REACHED HOME. 9 It is a curious thing that I felt angry with my wife; I cannot account for it, but my impotent desire to reach Leatherhead worried me excessively.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE. 10 I ran to my neighbour's door and rapped to satisfy myself of what I already knew, that his wife had gone to London with him and had locked up their house.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 11 We got to Leatherhead without misadventure about nine o'clock, and the horse had an hour's rest while I took supper with my cousins and commended my wife to their care.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM. 12 People came panting along under heavy burdens; one husband and wife were even carrying a small outhouse door between them, with some of their household goods piled thereon.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON. 13 If I had fully realised the meaning of all the things I had seen I should have immediately worked my way round through Byfleet to Street Cobham, and so gone back to rejoin my wife at Leatherhead.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: X. IN THE STORM. 14 My plan was to return at once to Leatherhead; and so greatly had the strength of the Martians impressed me that I had determined to take my wife to Newhaven, and go with her out of the country forthwith.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON. 15 I took care to have the cart there and then, drove it off down the road, and, leaving it in charge of my wife and servant, rushed into my house and packed a few valuables, such plate as we had, and so forth.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 16 I went in again, according to my promise, to get my servant's box, lugged it out, clapped it beside her on the tail of the dog cart, and then caught the reins and jumped up into the driver's seat beside my wife.
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WellsContextHighlight In BOOK 1: IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. 17 About six in the evening, as I sat at tea with my wife in the summerhouse talking vigorously about the battle that was lowering upon us, I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing.
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