I began walking, therefore, in a big curve, seeking some point of vantage and continually looking at the sand.
Then, with the maul, after repeatedly smiting the upper end of this iron rod, he placed the blunted needle endwise on the top of it.
Whether indispensable to the magnetizing of the steel, or merely intended to augment the awe of the crew, is uncertain.
I and my wife stood amazed. Then I realised that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians. We can’t possibly stay here, I said; and as I spoke the firing reopened for a moment upon the common.
