They spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences

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They were very quick and abrupt in their actions, and their speech, in moments of hot discussion over the allotment of the choicer teeth, was truly a gabble. They spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences that was more a gibberish than a language. And yet, through it ran hints of grammatical construction, and appeared vestiges of the conjugation of some superior culture.
Even the speech of Granser was so corrupt that were it put down literally it would be almost so much nonsense to the reader. This, however, was when he talked with the boys. When he got into the full swing of babbling to himself, it slowly purged itself into pure English.

The sentences grew longer and were enunciated with a rhythm and ease that was reminiscent of the lecture platform. „Tell us about the Red Death, Granser,“ Hare-Lip demanded, when the teeth affair had been satisfactorily concluded. „The Scarlet Death,“ Edwin corrected. „An‘ don’t work all that funny lingo on us,“ Hare-Lip went

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Every moment I expected the fire of some hidden battery to spring upon him; but the evening calm was unbroken. The figure of the Martian grew smaller as he receded, and presently the mist and the gathering night had swallowed him up.
By a common impulse we clambered higher. Towards Sunbury was a dark appearance, as though a conical hill had suddenly come into being there, hiding our view of the farther country; and then, remoter across the river, over Walton, we saw another such summit. These hill-like forms grew lower and broader even as we stared

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