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... the dimming of the light... (part 26) … the dimming of the light… (Part 26) Peter Hunter … now… Alice's story… …what sounded like a shot from a gun… outside from the encroaching darkness… 'He didn't take his gun with him - did he?' said Chris… 'I think I'll take a look outside…' 'I'll...

... where goes the light...? … where goes the light…? … from whence comes the dark… enveloping, sometimes kind… sometimes sinister… soothing, moderator of pain… … all… escape… fleeing the trials of the day… … a time to ponder… time to die… leveller, adjudicator… judge and jury… … call… and...

... the dimming of the light... (part 25) … the dimming of the light… (Part 25) Peter Hunter Day thirty-five continued… … again… in my search… my need for solitude - as dusk approached I walked down to the lake… … seeking I know not what, perhaps solitude in the slow saturation of incoming...

... the dimming of the light... (part 24) … the dimming of the light… (Part 24) Peter Hunter Day thirty-five… … it was as if the land itself had turned against us… maybe the green woods and fields had given up on us because we had failed them - exploiting their bounty and ignoring their need...

... the dimming of the light... (part 23) … the dimming of the light… (Part 23) Peter Hunter Day thirty… 'At first I wasn't sure whether she as waving or not… I did not have my glasses on and we had all agreed to avoid people… … even those who had been friends for years…' This obviously did...

... the dimming of the light... (part 22) … the dimming of the light… (Part 22) Peter Hunter Determined not to stay outside for long, despite the protective clothes they all wore… the Commander ordered in the team of doctors, paramedics, nurses… all the others specialised in germ warfare and...

... the dimming of the light... (part 21) … the dimming of the light… (Part 21) Peter Hunter … but depression again spread… seeping like water across a flooding water-meadow… over our tiny community… … apart from Alice and I, all the other three … before the electricity failed… … all had...

... the dimming of the light... (part 20) … the dimming of the light… (Part 20) Peter Hunter Day 21 - later… … after many repeated calls on the emergency frequencies, the five remaining Aérospatiele Puma helicopters proceeded from above Reigate towards the centre of the metropolis… … lower...

... the dimming of the light... (part 19) … the dimming of the light… (Part 19) Peter Hunter Day 20 continued… cloudy and slightly warmer… … after our success with the sheep we were faced with another bout of depression. The woolly animals would not be there forever… probably diminishing long...

... the dimming of the light... (part 18) … the dimming of the light… (Part 18) Peter Hunter …our dependence just on the light of our wood burning stove during the hours of darkness was becoming boring… … a depredation I resolved to overcome… The solution was obvious, now that there were...

... the dimming of the light (part 17) … the dimming of the light… (Part 17) Peter Hunter Day 21 … six Aérospatiele Puma helicopters of the French Army Aviation division lifted off near the modern terminal building and clattered into the light fog over the English Channel… … leaving a dusky...

... the dimming of the light... (part 16) … the dimming of the light… (Part 16) Peter Hunter Day 20 … a hard, tough routine had settled on our little commune of five dwellings… a habitual practice of patrolling the nine or ten acres of my land which we all shared and protected… harvesting the...

... the dimming of the light... (part 15) … the dimming of the light… (Part 15) Peter Hunter … 'to the curious incident of the dog in the night-time' remarked Holmes - 'the dog did nothing in the night-time…' said Watson. 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes… … and equally...

... dimming of the light... (part 14) … the dimming of the light… (Part 14) Peter Hunter … over two hundred miles above the Earth's surface and at a speed of seventeen thousand miles per hour… Cyclops watched over a still and silent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - as it...

... the dimming of the light... (part 13) … the dimming of the light… (Part 13) Peter Hunter Day 13… … has dawned… dull, depressing and totally devoid of optimism… the low dark cloud layer not just caressing the tope of the downs - more a suffocating embrace - or should it be a stranglehold...

... the dimming of the light... (part 12) … the dimming of the light… (Part 12) Peter Hunter Day 11 … at last… … the Colonel had got his radio in working order late yesterday… and by some clever wiring had added a small twelve volt bulb to the electricity supply from the spare car battery. It...

... the dimming of the light... (part 11) … the dimming of the light… (Part 11) Peter Hunter Day 10 … but things were not all doom and gloom… … Despite the ill omens - the threatening gang of youngsters barring the council Chairman's attempt to ferry the dying old lady to the District Hospital...

... the dimming of the light... (part 10) … the dimming of the light… (Part 10) Peter Hunter Day 9 We had never seen the Colonel so excited… … he seemed ten years younger and his normal solemn face had the excited flush of a schoolboy… '… in the attic…' he almost was reduced to grasping as he...

... the dimming of the light... (part 9) … the dimming of the light… (Part 9) Peter Hunter Day 9 A new use of the wood burner has been mastered by the girls and it has improved the existence of us all - hot drinks and food now routine, the double-sized fourteen kilowatt unit belting out heat...

... the dimming of the light... (part 8) … the dimming of the light… (Part 8) Peter Hunter Day 6 … Happy Harry reprimanded me today… 'Is that tractor taxed and licensed…?' As if it mattered, or if indeed I cared… or was the misery's attempt at a joke or did he imagine he was still a sergeant...