We can’t possibly stay here, I said; and as I spoke the firing reopened for a moment upon the common.

The nearer moon, hurtling suddenly above the horizon and lighting up the Barsoomian scene, showed me that my preserver was Woola.

I and my wife stood amazed. Then I realised that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians

It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected

So he got out of the fury of the panic, and, skirting the Edgware Road, reached Edgware about seven, fasting and wearied, but well ahead of the crowd.