They decided to begin with small seaside places, and gradually, as they gained confidence, attack larger centres. To begin with they selected Littlestone in Kent, chiefly because of its unassuming name.
So they planned, and it seemed a small and unimportant thing to them that as they clattered the governments of half the world and more were drifting into war. About midday they became aware of the first of the evening-paper placards shouting to them across the street:— ———————————————————————-
THE WAR-CLOUD DARKENS———————————————————————-
Nothing else but that.
“ Always rottin' about war now,” said Bert.
“ They'll get it in the neck in real earnest one of these days, if they ain't precious careful.”
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So you will understand the sudden apparition that surprised rather than delighted
