Chapter

 1 1 | crackling, as if of many burning trees, was heard.~Had a fire spontaneously
 2 3 |    almost lost beneath the beech trees, a few lonely farms, abundantly
 3 3 |       summit. There the scraggly trees, grotesquely twisted, gave
 4 3 |       steep gorge amid rocks and trees. A tiny stream trickled
 5 3 |     arose impenetrable masses of trees and bushes. In truth even
 6 3 |    border of the heavy wood. The trees, more thinly spaced, permitted
 7 4 |       tore the branches from the trees along the road, terrified
 8 11|         even in the shade of the trees. To have crossed openly
 9 11|       carriage drive under these trees?”~“It can,” declared Wells. “
10 11|    clearing, surrounded by great trees, formed a sort of oval,
11 12|     gathering sticks beneath the trees. “What if they discover
12 12|        not go beyond the nearest trees.”~“But if they do discover
13 14|          on the right, groups of trees stood out here and there.
14 14|   between banks green with shade trees and dotted with cottages
15 14|           we could see the first trees of Goat Island. The current