How to use "there" in a sentence

Now there is only the first voice

My friends are having a party there

I live there and I work for Ute Mountaineer, a sports equipment shop

The walls there are very narrow and the trail goes up and down, sharply

At that point, there is a smaller canyon to the west

We will say goodbye there and I'll continue on alone to the Big Drop Rappel.

But there is something I don't know

If I climb onto it, the drop from there will be shorter

It seems there's nothing to worry about

I just stand there, looking at my trapped hand in disbelief.

I am stuck and there's no way out.

If I don't appear, will they go to my truck to find me? I won't be there

He wasn't there.

But there was no sign of Aron or his bike

By the time they reached Goblin Valley, the car park was full and there was nowhere to stay for the night.

'We'll probably find Aron there.'

The next morning, there was no sign of Aron at Little Wild Horse Canyon

At first, there's nothing

After telling them how much I love them, there is only one more thing to say

Mosquitoes mean there must be water quite close - probably at the Big Drop Rappel.

The party ended at around two o'clock the next morning, but there was still no sign of Aron.

But there was something the officer didn't tell them: a person has to be missing for at least forty-eight hours before the police will start a search and rescue operation

But there's still the knife

It didn't even hurt and there's very little blood

Officer Crider called back and told Mrs Ralston there was no record of that license plate

And even with the sock there is too much pain in my left hand to continue.

What about the Robbers Roost canyons in the south? The only roads down there were made of rocks and sand

But there are no tears - my body is too dry for tears.

There might be some at the Big Drop Rappel, but first I need to get there.

I just want to stay there for the rest of my life.

'There are a couple of tourniquets under there,' Steve replies.

I see beautiful and ugly things down there

Bur there is one strange experience that stays in my mind like a nightmare.

Five hundred thousand people were there to say goodbye

The men wanted to find and kill the sea monster, but after all this time everyone on the ship started to believe that there was no monster

We could see it because there was a strange light under the water

Two men stood there in front of us

Captain Nemo took me down to the bottom of the Nautilus, where there was a room like a large museum

"Well, I enjoy this room, but what I really prefer is looking out there."

Behind them, there were large glass windows looking out onto the sea

"Captain, there are cannibals outside the Nautilus."

"I did, and there is no reason to worry

But now that we were in the Indian Ocean, there was nowhere to escape to.

Captain Nemo took me to a room where there was a man lying on a bed

He looked very sad and there were tears in his eyes.

"Not even the sharks can go there, Captain."

There are many sharks in these waters, and it's very dangerous to go looking for pearls there.

He wanted the pearl to grow, alone there in the cave, until it was truly the most fantastic pearl in the world.

Captain Nemo fought with the shark, and there was blood in the water

Then, water surrounded the ship and there was no more land.

Conseil loved the sea, but I did not think he wanted to live his life there

I did not understand how such things could be there.

"Because I think I see it right there."

I looked out of the window, and there was a 25-foot giant squid! It moved close to the Nautilus and it hit the window with its long tentacles

I thought there was something more to this

"I'll go up first, Conseil is there

Some of the cupboards were open, and there were books in them

'What's Dinah doing? Will they remember her milk tonight? Oh, Dinah! Why aren't you here with me? Perhaps there's a mouse here and you can eat it!'

But she couldn't stop the big tears and after a time there was water everywhere.

She looked down and there was the White Rabbit again

But before she got there, she fell into some water

She wasn't in the long room anymore, and there was no table or water

'Well, what's it doing up there? Take it away!' said the Rabbit angrily.

Now there were two little cries

Eat from that brown mushroom there and you'll get smaller,' it said

There was a cook by the fire and there was food on the table

Near the fire, there was a large cat with a big smile

A man lives there

She looked up, and there was the Cheshire Cat in a tree - a different tree.

Then she said, 'Cheshire Cat, one minute you vanish and the next minute you're there again

Then all of it vanished, and there was only its smile.

But there were only three at the table: the Mad Hatter, the March Hare and a large brown mouse

Alice looked round the table but there was only tea.

"I'll never go there again,' Alice said

After them there were a lot more people

The White Rabbit was there, but he didn't see Alice

Alice turned round and there was the White Rabbit next to her.

The White Rabbit wasn't there

After a short time, there were a lot of people round the Cat

But now there was nothing above Alices head - not an eye or an ear or a smile

'Perhaps when the cook isn't there, she's nice

The King and Queen were there

All the cards were there too

But she was tall now, and chairs, tables and people fell here, there and everywhere.

Then they put me into another kind of school, and there were some strange boys there

Mom was there, and they got all the things out of my desk and put them in a brown paper bag

But there was a boy in the cafe who started calling me names, and saying things like, 'How's Stupid?'

The film was about a man and a woman, Bonnie and Clyde, and there was a lot of shooting and killing

I tried to put my hands in front of her, because there were people looking at us

It was good news: if I played in their football team, there was a place for me in school there.

'Last man to get to the practice field will get a ride there on my shoe!' he shouted at us

There were a lot of people there, and Jenny was wearing a long dress and singing

'Well, boys,' he said, 'there's always next year.'

I wasn't clever enough at the lessons, and there was nothing that anybody could do about it

After about a hundred hours on a bus, me and a lot of other new young soldiers arrived there

We were standing in it, when suddenly there was a strange noise.

It was some of our men on the far side of the hole, and there was blood all over them

We went in helicopters, and there was smoke coming up out of the jungle when we got there

We found a place to put the gun and stayed there all night

I looked round for Bubba, but he wasn't there

'Gump! You can't go out there!' somebody shouted

An hour later, I was out of there and on my way to the hospital in Danang.

I thought perhaps they were there to welcome us, but I was wrong

I waited in there for almost an hour before I came out again.

When we got there, he bought me a beer, and he was telling me about the President and my medal when something happened

A lot of army people were there, and they immediately started shaking my hand and telling me that I was a brave man and that they were pleased to meet me.

The President was a great big old man who talked like somebody from Texas, and there were a lot of people standing round him in the flower garden.

I was just thinking of getting out of there and having some breakfast when the President said, 'Boy, is that your stomach making that noise?' So I said, 'Yes,' and the President said, 'Well, come on, boy, let's go and get something to eat!' And I followed him into the house, and a waiter got us some breakfast.

And there I was, on the front page, with my trousers down!

Suddenly, a door behind me opened - and there was Jenny!

I went to California and stayed there for some time.' She laughed

Suddenly, the door opened behind me, and there was Jenny.

There was a lot of trouble there

I went to find Jenny's address, but there was nobody at home

And there she was!

'She was there all night before we could get her out.'

'It's an old number,' he said, 'but perhaps she's still there.'

But there was worse to come

When I got back to the flat, Jenny was gone, and there was a letter waiting for me

But then there was that girl outside the Hodaddy Club

But I missed the bus that evening, and there wasn't another one until the next day

So I walked back to the hotel, and there was the little old man, still playing against himself

But who do you think we met there? Sue, the ape! He was in another film!

The three of us ran out of there fast, and Miss Welch shouted and screamed.

Mr Tribble and I got there early, and I had to play chess all day.

We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation

This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality

And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of ''interposition" and "nullification" - one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I do not consider it necessary, at present, for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety, or excitement.

In doing this, there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority

The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere

Where hostility to the United States, in any interior locality, shall be so great and universal as to prevent competent resident citizens from holding the Federal offices, there will be no attempt to force obnoxious strangers among the people for that object.

That there are persons in one section or another who seek to destroy the Union at all events, and are glad of any pretext to do it, I will neither affirm nor deny; but if there be such, I need address no word to them

Before entering upon so grave a matter as the destruction of our national fabric, with all its benefits, its memories, and its hopes, would it not be wise to ascertain precisely why we do it? Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from - will you risk the commission of so fearful a mistake?

Is there such perfect identity of interests among the States to compose a new Union, as to produce harmony only, and prevent renewed secession?

Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with his eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail, by the judgment of this great tribunal, the American people.

If there be an object to HURRY any of you in hot haste to a step which you would never take DELIBERATELY, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be frustrated by it.

If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action

At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first

I, therefore, venture to suggest to my learned countrymen that so long as the doctrine of non-cooperation remains non-violent, so long there is nothing unconstitutional in that doctrine.

I ask, is it unconstitutional for a policeman or for a soldier to tender his resignation when he knows that he is called to serve a Government which traduces his own countrymen? Is it unconstitutional for me to go to the agriculturist and say to him "it's not wise for you to pay any taxes, if these taxes are used by the Government not to raise you but to weaken you?" I hold and I venture to submit, that there is nothing unconstitutional in it

I submit that in the whole plan of non-cooperation, there is nothing unconstitutional

Until we have wrung justice, and until we have wrung our self-respect from unwilling hands and from unwilling pens, there can be no cooperation

Our Shastras say and I say so with the greatest deference to all the greatest religious preceptors of India but without fear of contradiction, that our Shastras teach us that there shall be no cooperation between injustice and justice, between an unjust man and a justice- loving man, between truth and untruth

They have no vision, and when there is no vision the people perish.

Recognition of that falsity of material wealth as the standard of success goes hand in hand with the abandonment of the false belief that public office and high political position are to be valued only by the standards of pride of place and personal profit; and there must be an end to a conduct in banking and in business which too often has given to a sacred trust the likeness of callous and selfish wrongdoing

And there must be provision for an adequate but sound currency.

United, there is little we cannot do in a host of cooperative ventures

Divided, there is little we can do - for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

It was there that one of them had died

I went to Scarborough in September and I saw Mr Slinkton walking on the beach there

I did not stay there with her for more than two minutes

The room was dirty and there were empty bottles everywhere

When Constable Mizen arrived at the gates of the stableyard, another policeman, Constable John Neil, was already there

'I passed this place at 3.15,' Constable Neil said, 'but there was nothing here.'

At the end of the passage there was a door to the backyard

Schwartz thought the man was following him, but a few moments later when he looked back, there was nobody behind him.

Although we do not know what time the killer arrived there, we know what his victim did and can follow her movements on the night of September 29-30th.

Perhaps Catherine arrived there at 1.10 a.m., perhaps later

His beat took him there approximately every thirty minutes, so at 2.55 he was back in Goulston Street

Perhaps it was already there and the murderer dropped the apron near it by chance

Or did he see the graffito and leave the apron there to put the blame on the Jews?

Mary's friend, a laundress named Maria Harvey, was there and said that Mary and Barnett seemed to be friendly

When she came back at 1 a.m., there was a light in number 13 and Mary was still singing

He walked to his right round the corner, where there were two windows of number 13

But there is no real evidence to connect him with the killings

So he had to go to the police before they found him and asked him why he was there

The police believed there was one final murder by the Ripper in July 1889

But in Whitechapel the pubs were empty, and there were only policemen and vagabonds in the dark streets

It began 'Dear Boss' and there was a postscript which included the sentence 'What a pretty necklace I gave her'

A few minutes later, an old woman came out of the cathedral and saw him lying there.

'What about that one over there?' she said, pointing across the square to a small house beside the bishop's palace.

'People say there's a stranger in town,' she said

Before the bishop could reply, there was a heavy knock on the door.

The night was not very dark; there was a full moon, hidden from time to time by large clouds moving quickly across the sky

Later that morning, as the bishop and his sister were having breakfast, there was a knock on the door

He called the boy's name, but there was no reply

'We always knew there was something strange about him,' they said

The coin was not there.

The beggar was still there, in the same position, wearing the same clothes

'But for a second, there was something about the beggars eyes that reminded me of Javert

It was too dangerous for him and Cosette to stay there another night

On the other side there was a wall, higher than a tree

On the eighth night there was no light in the windows

Once again, there were no lights in the windows

However, there was something strange about them: although they all seemed to be written by different people, they were written on the same rough paper in the same handwriting

The next morning, while he was working, there was a gentle knock on his door.

Then, in the top corner near the ceiling, Marius saw that there was a triangular hole.

Moments later, there was a gentle knock on the door

Is there anything that I can do?'

A few minutes later, there was nobody in the building except for Marius and the Jondrettes

Finally, there was the sound of horses in the street outside and, moments later, the door to the room was thrown open.

Inside, there was a small notebook filled with love poems

Now, for the first time, there was a cloud in the clear blue sky of his life

I'll tell you where, and you must meet me there, wherever it is.'

I wear a cheap hat, my jacket has lost half its buttons and there are holes in my boots.' He turned away from her and stood with his face pressed to the trunk of a tree, almost ready to faint

People were running around, and there was a lot of noise, but Marius paid little attention

This would be his last brief happiness; after that, there would be only darkness.

At nine o'clock that evening, Marius crept into the garden of Cosette's house, but she was not there waiting for him as she had promised

Looking up, he saw that there were no lights on in the house and that all the windows were closed

In 1830, there was a peaceful revolution, and he was forced to leave

Then there were two gunshots

He was just approaching the rue de Chanvrerie when he heard a loud voice calling from the shadows: 'Who's there?'

When the smoke cleared, there were many dead bodies on both sides

They'll take care of you there

But there was no doubt that this was Cosette's handwriting

After a long discussion with his friends, Enjolras decided that the married men (there were five of them) had to leave.

'But there are only four,' Marius observed.

At the same moment there was the sound of a drum, followed by a loud roar.

At the foot of the smaller barricade, half-hidden by broken stones and pieces of wood, there was a hole in the road covered with an iron grille

'That's all there is

But the street was empty; there was no one there.

'The wound to his body is not serious, but there are deep cuts on his head

But there were more important things for Marius to think about

Apart from preparing for his wedding, there were two people that he wanted to find

First, there was Thenardier.

Second, there was the mysterious stranger who had saved his life

One evening he discovered there were no chairs in the room at all - he and Cosette had to stand in the cold for their whole meeting

I know this because I was there at the time.'

'I have all the proof here,' Thenardier said, producing an envelope in which there were several documents and newspaper articles

When you arrive there, I'll send you another 20,000 francs

Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen

"Oh I say," answered Little Red Riding Hood; "it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village."

I'll go this way and go you that, and we shall see who will be there first."

"Who's there?"

"Who's there?"

I try to stand, but then I realise that my head hurts and that there is a sharp pain behind my right ear

I carefully lift my hand and touch the large lump which is there

I feel that I need to run, that there is somewhere I must be, somewhere I must remember.

So I empty my pockets, and at first there is nothing helpful there: no wallet, no keys and no phone

"Catherine!" I shout into the dark, but there is no reply.

I try to remember the image, and I see that there is a piece of cloth in her mouth so that she cannot speak and that she is tied to a large grey stone by thick white ropes.

Is there somebody in the fog? Somebody who has Catherine? Someone who wants to hurt her, who wants to kill her?

And I remember that after I eat, I wait for her in the car park until she finishes work, and she is surprised to see me there

Suddenly, there is a sound like a gun shot, and I fall

"Catherine," I shout, but there is no reply

When I look to see why, I see that she is not there: the white ropes are still tied to the stone, but she is not.

We are standing there, the three of us, in front of the bank

We are standing there in front of the glass doors, and no one is looking at us

Behind the counter there are two women

The two women move, but slowly; one of them looks down at the counter, where I know there is a secret alarm

And for a few seconds there is only the sound of Beethoven as the music begins to reach its molto allegro.

Beethoven fills the silence again, and I look at Robin and see that there is sweat on his face too, but Hastings does not move.

And I want to smile, but there is no time

"The police are out there

"Not if there's a big enough distraction," he says

"Oh, and just to let you know, there are no bullets in any of our guns." Hastings starts to shout, but we do not listen

Then there are more, many more, hundreds more, thousands more.

For a moment there is nothing; then the fans start.

And then there is nothing but chaos.

Emily?" But there is no answer, and Oliver Stern puts his mobile back into his coat pocket and looks around.

And he cannot hear from there, Oliver is sure

He looks at the loch again, at the jetty and the small boats waiting there for the tourists in the hotel

Oliver tries to stay calm, but he knows there is too little time

The jetty! The attendant! He has to still be there

His shift finishes in five minutes, but there is no one around in Howarth's quiet police station, and so he leads the woman to the first interview room and tries to suppress the image of a pint of beer in the Black Bull pub.

He's always there, Detective

Sometimes he's so close that I think he can touch me, and other times he's far away, but I still know that he's there

"You work in Leeds, but you don't drive? I think your sports car can get you there a lot faster than the bus to Keighley and then the train to Leeds."

I see him at the train station sometimes; then he's there again when I get off the bus in the town centre here in Howarth

Sometimes I wake, and I know that he's there

He stands there like a scarecrow in the dark

"I'm sorry Miss Thornton, but there's very little that we can do

A nice tea to calm you down; then we can start again and see if there are any other details."

"I know, Detective, because I am that driver." Then there is only the sound of her crying to fill the cold interview room, and Branwell sits down again and picks up his pen and notepad

Red, sandy plains stretch out in almost every direction, and only to the east are there thin, light-green trees that lead to the low, orange mountains.

"Oh, is that right? Me and Darwin live near there! It looks like we're neighbours!"

Be careful up there, mate

"Who's there?" he says, but there is no answer.

But there is silence.

Gerry's gun fires three times into the evening light, and screams fill the creek, but there is no escape.

The sky is not there.

In its place there are a thousand adverts on a hundred television screens, a sea of lights that constantly move and change.

And on the television screens there are giant faces, clips from movies, news headlines, commercials for cars and perfume, chocolate and beer.

The sun is somewhere up there, above the skyscrapers of Times Square

On the red steps there is a group of maybe thirty Japanese tourists

But their bags are on their shoulders, and there are too many of them, he knows

Inside them there are wallets, phones, tablets, everything.

He expects to hear a shout, but there is nothing

But can he get there before the man catches him?

For a moment there are people all around him, and he thinks he will never get there, but then he pushes past some kids who shout at him, and he is there

He opens the bag for everyone to see, and there is a cry from a woman near to him, followed by another and another

And there are more cries from the crowd, and everyone seems to know what is happening now

Sure, there are one or two bigger than her, but none of them has her romance or her luxury," Mrs Carolina Heath says as they enter the dining room.

Just look at the view out there." And from the large glass windows they can see the majestic figure of the Statue of Liberty as the ship slowly moves away from the port of New York and heads into the deep of the ocean.

For a moment there is an awkward silence, and Peter and Michael exchange a smile

Peter thinks that for a film there must be something visual about the murder weapon

There are people there already, neighbours, and this is just what she wants

And at this point she screams and runs from the building and falls to the floor." Eleanor stops speaking, and for a moment there is silence at the table.

"Yes," Eleanor says, and for a moment more there is silence again.

They have a terrible reputation in Bristol, and there is not one of them that does not scare Nick.

She says her husband, the deceased Mr Dawson, hit her there several times

There are pictures of these injuries, but there is no proof that Mr Dawson hit Mrs Dawson

No one is there

Maybe there is something we can do to make you forget this? Maybe you can take me for a drink." Then she smiles and takes his hand

He understands, and she is right: there is nothing he can do.

But there is no time, and there is nothing he can do

So, you lie there, and, you let your eyes adjust to the dark

And there is no birdsong to let you know that the sun and the new day are nearly here.

But there is another part of you now, and it is not cold with fear: it is hot

At the side of your bed, there is a table, and on the table there is a small statue

If there is someone in the next room trying to steal your new computer

What if there are two people? Two burglars? Or three?

No reason for you to think that there is more than one burglar

And so he waits, and the evening becomes darker, and he thinks that there are now only one or two people left in the small old church

He was right: there are a few people inside

"Father?" he says, but there is no reply, and he can see no movement behind the grille that separates his small space from the other.

"Is there someone there?" says the voice.

"Yes, I'm here," he says, and for a moment there is silence before he remembers what to say

"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned." And again there is a long silence

Barry tries to see the face through the grille, but there is only a dark shape.

"Well, Father, there's..

there's something I need to get before I can go

And inside there is half a million euros

He wonders if there are still any people there, but he thinks there are not.

Thank you! You know, I'm sure there's a bit of spare money for the church

Three thousand maybe? What do you think?" But there is no answer.

And then there is only the sound of Barry Brennan's shouts.

And there is no one in the church to hear those.

Maybe there is one waiting for him in Flagstaff

any information call..." and then the signal fails, and there is only the sound of the old classic engine and the silence of the desert.

He saw the blood, but there was only a little, and his hand hurt

Then suddenly the road is not empty: there is a car behind him

And he thinks for a moment about not stopping, but there is nowhere for him to go

If things get serious, then maybe he can manage if there is just one.

The guy's eyes are covered by silver sunglasses, and there is something strange about his uniform, Dan thinks

"Is there a problem, officer?" And he looks at the gun on the cop's belt

Dan nods and gets out, and he thinks again that there is something strange about the cop's uniform

He remembers the baseball bat he keeps in there

The cop falls too, and there is a moment of confusion, but then Dan pushes himself up onto his feet and runs

One moment they were running; the next there was the sound of the gun and a scream

If you ask for more, you have to wait, and then there is the risk that they contact the police

Their cabin by the lake was cold and empty, and there were no jobs for him anywhere.

But then there was that gunshot...

"But it wasn't," a voice replies, and Brandon turns and sees the dark coat, only this time there is no black hat: just long, red hair

Around the old but impressive school, there are green gardens and grounds that continue for miles, and at the windows of the building there are the thirty faces of serious young men, who watch them strangely.

Inside, the school smells of wood and polish, and on the walls there are antique pictures of old teachers and respected students.

The headmaster is a man about the same age as Smith, but there the comparison ends

Two other teachers live there, but neither saw him."

Outside they can see the renovation work: there is scaffolding on the face of the old building, a new wall on the side of it, and three or four workmen are sitting on a bench eating lunch.

Maybe there's a connection."

"Be honest now, or there might be trouble for you."

But there is something that does not make sense

What a beauty, hey, lad?" And he looks to his son, Owen Junior, and he wants to see a smile on the boy's pale face, but, like always, there is nothing but disinterest.

Can there be a finer place in Wales? I don't think so."

Junior said that to walk there was stupid, because they had a car, and despite all of Owen's arguments, the teenager did not change his mind.

And Owen knew the boy was interested then, and for the first time in a long time he thought that maybe there was something they could do together

He puts the guns next to a tree and takes them out of the bags carefully, and, yes, there is the interest in the boy's eyes.

If you have no gun, then there is no problem; we can come back for the gun another day

Okay? So remember: if you see or hear someone, put it down nice and gently, and there will be no problem."

"Now, I'm going to load the guns, and then we can follow the path there into the forest

Don't shoot unless I can clearly see that there is no one near the target

And don't forget there are two shots and that I should empty the gun before I give it back to you."

He thinks there is someone or something moving, and it is big: bigger than a rabbit or a hare, but he does not think it can be a person

if you have no gun, then there is no problem..."

As he lies there shouting and screaming and trying to pull the pieces of shot from his skin, he looks up at the beautiful blue sky and green trees and magnificent forest.

Now, it's not a very nice story, and I can't promise you that there will be a very happy ending

See, there was once a young man called Jimmy Lane

You see, there are two things you can do with a talent like that

Or there's the other thing you can do.

Play the game, get the money and run before anyone knew he was there.

But there is something very dangerous about Hank Wynn when he looks calm and happy

But maybe there is another reason for the name of the casino.

There are people everywhere, but here on the roof there are only four people

And there is Jimmy Lane.

And there is blood on Jimmy Lane

For a moment there is nothing, but then two long, grey shapes appear in the clear water, and Jimmy starts to shout again.

For a moment Hank Wynn stops, and maybe there is a second where he believes poor Jimmy Lane

But there will be no fighting today: the few people that are here look half dead.

She looks around the carriage: there are only eight other people there: a young couple holding hands and talking quietly on the seat opposite her; two businessmen a few seats to her right; an old lady two seats to her left; a mother and son at the far end of the carriage

She cannot see his face because he has the hood of his sports jacket up, but he seems to be asleep, and there is something about his face that she does not like

On the front there is a picture of a man with a short beard and pale skin and unkind eyes

And now there is silence in the carriage, and Sarah sees that everyone is listening to the conversation.

There are still several people in the carriage: the young couple is still there and the two businessmen.

No one is there

They cannot travel, but there will be no more wars

"What are they all doing there?"

Anyway, there are loads of robots doing the work for now."

At once, there was silence: the noise of all the people outside was completely shut out

Instead, there was calm blue ocean as far as they could see, under a cloudless sky

In a simulator, it was hard to forget that there were four walls just five or six steps away - but in a pod, you lost your awareness of the world around you

You live there

"Live there!" gasped Sala

"They give you both while you're in there

She'd made her own garden on the roof of their apartment, and she was always up there

Most of them had at least forty floors above ground - these were called "sky apartments." Below ground, there were often another ten floors, for "earth apartments." The government had started building under the ground long ago, because the land inside the city was so limited.

Sala turned quickly: a young woman stood there

It was made of clear plastic, and inside, there was some kind of small dark red fruit

It had taken years for Gran to make her garden because it was so difficult to find soil or plants, but she had made some soil with rotten vegetables and fruit, and slowly found bits and pieces here and there

What's more, there was a force field at the city boundary that was impossible to cross: there were alarms there that sensed your wrist chip before you even got close, and then government agents appeared in seconds to arrest you

"Gran, you never know! Maybe there are places outside the city that didn't get contaminated - where people survived."

So there was something wrong

Climbing is thirsty work." But there was something odd in his voice again, and a strange expression on his face

And when there's so little work available, most people have no hope of changing their lives

there's nowhere in the city for wild roses to grow

"Well, I suppose I'm thinking that maybe, just maybe, there is still life in the outside world - and maybe someone from that world has found a way across the city boundary."

How wonderful to think that there might still be a different world out there - a world where you could do all those things for real!

Cham stood there, his arms open, and Sala rushed into a huge hug

Cham's parents had furnished it nicely, and there were plenty of lights to make it bright

"But Cham," she said, "what if there was a better future - something completely different?"

She would never want to prevent that - there were so few opportunities to succeed

What was going on? Was it some kind of game? Sala wondered whether to tell Gran, but there was nothing new to say

I'll see you again, the woman had said: well, then, there was really nothing to do but wait.

"Maybe there'll be more than dolphins." Sala let her mind go wild

"But who knows what there might he under the water!" laughed Cham."

Inside, the lights were so bright they were almost blinding, and there was a constant soft noise of people working on computers

"You can change over there." She handed them each a slippery, silvery suit and pointed them in the right direction.

Cham was already there, looking more gorgeous than ever in his silver suit.

And there it was again

And there was Cham

it was you in there, wasn't it? Your voice sounded a bit different, but apart from that..."

Her legs had stopped trembling, more or less, and she wanted to get out of there

When Sala arrived home, Mom was back from work, and Apat and Gran were there, too

"Niki and I passed the laboratory the other day - there were loads of people looking for work."

And I'd wish with all my heart that there was something better for you."

"And remember, Sala, maybe there will be something better, one day

I'm just saying - maybe the world out there is not as terrible as the government would like us to believe."

"If there's a better world out there, we have to find it."

But before Mom could answer, there was a gasp from Gran

We have a very nice house near the ocean and there are wild roses in the garden, just as there were when we were young

If you are reading it, be glad: it means there is hope

If the government finds out that messages are getting through the force field and passing across the city boundary, there could be big trouble."

They were so close to the pod center that she was worried there might be government agents nearby

There's another world out there

We just have to find a way to get there..."

Then there was another door

She waited there on the edge of her seat, anxious and impatient, as time passed

Surely, this wasn't really going to happen? But there was nothing she could do

She had been there for about thirty minutes when a woman began running on the machine next to her

"Are there many of you?"

"So, was that note really from Gran's brother? Are people alive out there - outside the city? How did you get the note across the force field?" She had so many questions.

And yes - there's a whole world out there

"And what's in there?"

She opened her eyes, and Wena was still there, real and solid in front of her.

She was over an hour late for meeting him at the simulator center, and because her ultranet connection didn't come back on until she was almost there, she couldn't even call him or send him a message

Perhaps there were bugs in the simulator center

There's another world out there, Cham

His nose looked a little longer, and there was a different curve to his lips

"Sala! Are you there?" came (Iran's voice from the kitchen.

She checked the energy center and the crowded walkways instead, but there was no sign of Wena

And there was no one there

The old sofa had been pushed against one wall, but there was no metal table or chairs

That means there may be cells, too

"You're still there?"

"Ding has joined me there, too

Lucky Ding, being there with you!"

"But there was another letter, wasn't there?"

"I'm going over there," said Sala

It was strange, going to Cham's apartment and knowing Cham wouldn't be there

The whole family was there - Cham's parents and both his sisters

Other people were already there, sitting around circular tables.

there he was, in the doorway

So the real Cham was still there, underneath! Maybe he'd just needed a little time to get used to them all again...

So we really believe now that there's a better life out there

"So there's not much he can report."

For a few moments there was silence

'Is there an answer?' the waiter asked me

I have no family and there is nothing else I can do.'

'I'll drive you there in my car,' de Winter said

He did not talk about his life there, but about the house itself

There was a book there

On the front page there was some writing - hard, clear writing in black ink:

'What are you doing in there?' she said

'Why go there, then?'

I sat there, staring at him

As I stood there, the door opened and Maxim came in.

Mrs Van Hopper was smiling, but there was no kindness in her smile

He's marrying you because he can't go on living there alone.'

Long before we reached Manderley, there was blue sky over our heads

And I was going there as the second wife of Maxim de Winter.

We turned the last corner and there was Manderley

'I think you will be very comfortable there.'

There is a lovely view of the rose-garden from there

When the late Mrs de Winter was alive, there were lots of parties and visitors, of course

The windows there look down to the sea.'

I remember our first morning there very clearly

Yes, there was a box of matches on the table

It's rather cold in there.'

There is a good fire in there

The house telephone is there too, if you want to talk to Mrs Danvers.'

I was glad to see the dog, Jasper, there, sitting in front of the fire.

Each chair, each rug, each small ornament had been put there to make the room perfect.

I could stay there until Maxim came back.

Mrs Danvers stood there

But Maxim was waiting impatiently and there was no time to change the coat

He stood there, wagging his tail.

Perhaps there was some string there

The room was furnished and there were books on the shelves.

'I saw you go in there,' the man said

'She doesn't go in there now

If you had my memories, you would not go there either

Was there nowhere I could escape from Rebecca?

'And there was dancing, and music and flowers everywhere.'

'Why is there a buoy in the bay?' I asked

'There's no boat there

As I sat there I felt happier than I had ever been at Manderley

The tide was out and there was very little water in the bay

The white and green buoy was still there

'Is anybody there?' I said.

The house stood there, safe and secure

A green sports car was parked there

'Is there anything the matter, Madam? Are you feeling unwell?' Mrs Danvers said quietly.

We stood there by the door, staring at one another

I always hate going there.'

That evening, as I was getting ready for dinner, there was a knock at my bedroom door

'Who's there?' I called

'What are you standing there for?' he asked me

Mrs Danvers was standing there

She stood there, smiling at me.

It was the first and the last we ever held there

I stood there smiling at everyone

Soon there would be nothing to remind us of the Fancy Dress Ball.

Someone was standing there, looking down at me

'Look down there,' Mrs Danvers said

'The fog is terrible out there

'When you see Mr de Winter, Madam, please tell him there will be a hot meal ready for the men at any time.'

I had heard his voice and he was down there in the bay

Frank was there talking to a coast-guard, but I could not see Maxim.

He stood there, smiling at me.

Jasper was not there

'Must you tell Mr de Winter? Can't the boat be left there?'

There was a body in there on the cabin floor

I stood there watching his face, watching his eyes.

'It's Rebecca's body lying there on the cabin floor.'

It's Rebecca who's lying there on the cabin floor

'There was nobody there but me

Do you remember? She sat there in the car and told me terrible, evil things about herself

She met her friends there

We sat there together for some minutes without saying anything

They'll think she was trapped there

I sat there, listening to the sound of Maxim's voice

He has to be there when they get the boat up tomorrow

As I began to arrange the flowers, there was a knock at the door.

'Is it true,' she asked slowly, 'that Mrs de Winter's boat has been found and that there was a body in the cabin?'

Then the door shut and, somehow, she was trapped there

'We'll keep it as short as possible, but I'm afraid the reporters will be there.'

Maxim went off and left me sitting there

The policeman was still standing there.

To my surprise, Mrs Danvers was there too, with Favell beside her

It's my opinion that there was no accident

'Can you think why they are there?'

'It was so hot in there.'

'Did you see Favell there?' I asked

Do you want to know who the murderer is? He's there, standing by the window

He went down to the cottage and killed her there

Someone had seen it all happen - someone who was often down there in the bay - Ben.

He'll be there to hold the young bride's arm when Max is sentenced to death.'

'You were there, weren't you?' said Favell, standing over Ben

Dr Baker used to live there, but he left six months ago

'I had no idea there was any question of that

As we drove away, he was still standing there, watching us.

I saw the staircase at Manderley and Mrs Danvers standing there in her long, black dress

The sky was dark now and there were no stars.

'The dawn seems to be coming up over there, behind those hills

Seizing on this boy's resemblance to her Danny, she was too easily able to fantasize that there had been no loss in the first place.

Tina enjoyed dancing in the Lido, and she stayed there for two and a half years, until she learned that she was pregnant

It didn't last long enough for Tina to identify the source, but there was a stealthiness about it

No one was hiding there, either

Everyone assured her there was no chance of trouble

She stared at the chalkboard, thought of the two words that had been printed there, and anger swelled in her

She couldn't go in there again

After several visits there, she had decided that it must be one of the dullest cities in the world

No one was there.

Vivienne wondered if there had been a nuclear test, maybe that was what had shaken things up

But how was that possible? How in the name of God could there be ice here, in a well-heated house and on a night when the outside temperature was at least twenty degrees above the freezing point?

After a moment the other two models ceased their erratic dancing and began to spin around and around, like the first plane, as if they were actually flying, and there was no mistaking this deliberate movement for the random effects of a draft.

But there wasn't a monster in the closet

"Yeah, but there are advantages to a rubber suit."

But there's a lot of sense in what Joel says, so I'm going to try to play it cool."

"But if you just put your name on our work list, we'll most likely have a man there by four o'clock this afternoon, tomorrow morning at the latest

And everywhere in the gigantic casino, there were cocktail waitresses in brief costumes, revealing long legs and cleavage; they bustled here and there, back and forth, as if they were the threads that bound the crowd together.

Instead, his smile broadened, and there seemed to be genuine delight in his eyes.

"Hey, hello there

That's why there aren't any windows or clocks in the casino

"Then there's 'Vegas syndrome.' Someone gets so carried away with gambling and running from show to show that he forgets to eat for a whole day or longer

But there at first, for a good many years, we had a great thing going

I'm sure there's a lot of work to do on a show like Magyck! Even after, it opens

His face was flushed, and there was a familiar meanness in his eyes

Here, there was no flash, no Vegas glamour

"Is there anything more you need before I leave?"

"So is there anything more you need?"

In fact, there is something

"My boyfriend's boss lives over there

"There's at least one out there with my name on it."

The words still burned there.

She probably wouldn't get the answers she needed, and she would only be acknowledging her presence to whomever might be out there at another workstation

No one in his right mind would take boys as young as twelve into the deepest parts of the Sierras, no matter how well prepared, supplied, and trained they were, no matter how strong, no matter how many big brothers were there to look out for them."

From there they were going to hike for three days with snowshoes and backpacks, making a wide circle around the bus, coming back to it at the end of the week.

I left my drink there

Maybe someone out there knows where he is

Maybe there isn't any threat in these strange things happening to me

"Tina, you know there isn't any maybe about it

Right? Who knows what might make a person like that reveal himself? If he finds out there's going to be an exhumation, maybe he'll react strongly, give himself away

"Well, there's no urgent legal reason to have the body exhumed

I mean, there isn't any doubt about the cause of death, no court trial hinging on a new coroner's report

And there's another advantage in doing it this weekend

But still there are moments when..."

Some of our clients made smart moves and were carried right to the top by the explosive growth of the gaming industry and the Vegas real-estate market, and we just sort of shot up there along with them, hanging on to their coattails."

Her smile was so lovely that he could have stood there all evening, just staring at the sweet curve of her lips.

But Tina herself didn't think there was any serious danger, and Elliot tended to agree with her

Elliot didn't want to ask Kennebeck for a favor within hearing of a dozen lawyers, and today there was nowhere in the house where they could be assured of privacy

"As long as there aren't any religious objections, the law requires the permission of only one parent in a case like this," Elliot said.

"If there's no hitch, maybe the father won't ever find out about the exhumation."

Vince, the tall man, said, "We'll use the breakfast area over there in the corner."

"It's a lot, thirty or forty questions altogether, but it won't take long if you just sit down over there and cooperate."

Not the CID, for sure; there's no military discipline about you

In a day or two, someone would find him out there, his face blue-green-gray, his tongue dark and lolling, his eyes bulging in their sockets as he stared through the windshield as if on a drive to Hell

If there were no unusual marks on his body, no injuries incompatible with the coroner's determination of suicide, the police would be quickly satisfied.

"If you bastards want me to sit down at that table, you're going to have to drag me there."

He followed her past the kitchen, into the short hall, into the laundry room, and from there into the garage.

"Doesn't smell like there's trouble here," she said.

Gas might be leaking under the concrete slab and building up down there, in which case it's possible you wouldn't detect it right away, but you'd still be sitting on top of a bomb."

If I really believed there was even the tiniest chance of anything like that, would I be standing here so cheerful?"

A ring of brilliant, pulsing flame was visible in there, and it bathed his face in an eerie blue light.

She left him there in the shadowy garage, his face painted by shimmering blue light, his eyes gleaming with twin reflections of fire.

He stayed there, tongue kissing the floor tiles.

In half the countries in the world, there were secret police, modern gestapos, and citizens lived in fear of a late-night knock on the door

But there was no listing for Christina Evans.

She went back to the bed to have another look at the magazine, which she'd left there.

If there's a gas leak in this neighborhood, it's not anywhere on your property."

"Well, there was the gas man," Tina said as she hurried down the short hall toward the master bedroom.

They think there might be a leak in this neighborhood."

"He wanted to check my furnace, make sure there wasn't any gas escaping."

At the fifth house on the left, the garage door was open, and there wasn't a car inside.

And there wasn't a shirt made that could be buttoned easily around his thick, muscular neck

They're out right now, and there's nobody ever been here named Fitzpatrick."

He had taken pleasure in stalking human prey; hell, there had even been a measure of joy in being stalked, for it gave him the opportunity to prove himself by outwitting the hunter on his trail

If this Vince is still there, we should use those drugs on him

And even if he was deeper under than I thought, some of his people probably went in there and pulled him out while I was rushing off to you

But wherever there's a great deal of personal freedom, there's also an element that takes more than fair advantage of the liberal legal structure

"So there really are eyes everywhere."

"And then there's this damn thing."

He risked a quick look, shifting his attention from the road, but there wasn't enough light in the car for him to see what she held

"You're damned right there are

It doesn't seem to be busy in there

He squinted through the glass into the perfectly black interior, and he had the disconcerting feeling that someone was hiding in there, staring out at him.

"But no one's really there."

He knew exactly what she meant, but he didn't want to think about it, because there was no way he could make sense of it

But if we go to the press in Los Angeles or New York or some other city, the reporters there aren't going to have a whole lot of interest in it unless they see an aspect of the story that lifts it out of the local-interest category

"Remember, there were two adults with those kids

Maybe there was so much at stake that the security men at the installation decided Jaborski and Lincoln had to die

"Vince's friends are sure to be waiting for us there."

"Well, isn't there any way that we could slip past them and get at Kennebeck?"

Besides, it's a private cemetery, surrounded by a high wall, so there must be a security system to deal with vandals."

We have to go up there."

There's less to be frightened of up there than here

I think it would be wise for us to stay up there for a couple of days, even after we've talked to Bellicosti, until we can figure a way out of this mess

"What are you talking about? Did you see what I saw in there? Did you hear the jukebox? I don't see how that could have cheered you up

Maybe there was an accident, but it wasn't like anything we were told

"And it would be proof enough for you, if you'd had the same experience back there in the diner, if you'd felt what I felt

And then there was Elmer."

What do you call that? Isn't there a name for that ability?"

"But there isn't much I can do

He had thought Evans might be keeping a vigil at the demolished house, while the firemen sifted through the still-smoldering debris, searching for the remains of the woman they thought might be buried there

Evans turned, and Bruckster said, "I think maybe you dropped this back there."

Even if someone had been monitoring that area from an overhead camera, there would not have been much for him to see.

The risks would have been acceptable, however, and there wouldn't have been any need to kill anyone.

"I told you he wouldn't go back there."

"If he thought he could get any help from the cops, he'd have been there already," Kennebeck said

Even if he was a natural then, there's no way he could still be as sharp as he once was."

And usually there's no good reason why he should be

Besides, there are more hotels and motels in Vegas than in any other city in the world."

I practically volunteered to help you with the exhumation, and it all just fell apart from there

I'll call the night manager at the airport down there, pretend to be FBI, see what he can tell me."

"Unless he crashed between here and there," Alexander said hopefully.

They figure there's something wrong with the little boy's body, something odd that we can't afford to let them see

And you won't know for sure until he lands up there."

When he gets there, he'll need a car

"I don't even think we should put a tail on them as soon as they get there," Alexander said

"We've got less than an hour, so there might not be time

Then as he had signed for the rental car and picked up the keys from the night clerk, he had kept one hand in a pocket of his coat, gripping the handgun he'd taken off Vince in Las Vegas - but there was no trouble.

"Yeah, I believe there's a chance you're right."

"The temperature's dropped thirty-five degrees in there during the past minute and a half," Zachariah said worriedly

But there's something unusual about the EEG reading."

"As there always is during these cold snaps," Dombey said

"If it stays cold in there for long, we'll have to suit up, go in, and move him to another chamber," Zachariah said.

"Like hell there isn't!" Zachariah turned away from the video displays, went to the window, and found his own spot of clear glass

Again and again, we're getting these thirty-and forty-degree plunges in the air temperature in there

If there's any government on earth capable of using a weapon like this, it's them - or the North Koreans or the Iraqis

It must be getting warm in there already."

something there isn't any word for."

"We should almost be there," Tina said.

If there's any trouble, you might get in the way of it."

"And if they haven't set a trap, I've got to be there when you question Bellicosti."

When she turned to Elliot again, she was clearly ready to get the hell out of there, without questions, without argument, without the slightest delay.

They figured there wasn't anywhere else we could go but Bellicosti's funeral home."

In addition, some reservations were canceled at the last minute, and there were always a few no-shows

Like an old athlete back on the playing field after a long absence, testing his reflexes, taking pride in the fact that his old skills are still there."

"So there's a bit of the beast in all of us

She started down the tunnel toward him, determined to get him out of there - and something reached for her from a narrow cleft in the wall

"He's going to use this power of his to help us get in there."

And if it does exist, they might not be holding him there anyway."

It's right up there on the bad-word list beside broccoli."

"Is there a war on? Have we invaded France?"

"But what if they're watching my accounts down there? That would lead them to us fast

"There's no limit on the card, is there?"

"You know what it's like down there this time of year

"Maybe we'll get Danny out of there after all."

It's been parked there overnight."

"I didn't know there were any."

"Damn, there it goes again!"

"He's never seen us or the Explorer, and this isn't the sort of place where there's a lot of new or unexpected traffic."

But there were no bullets.

"They can get inside easily enough if they have a friend in there."

That same traitorous bastard is also up there in the labs right this minute, ready to open the gates and doors to them

He's going to help the bitch get her son out of there!"

"Something's happened up there," Alexander said as he slammed the handset into the cradle

We'll meet him at the airport as soon as we can get there."

The weather's bad up there."

"We're going up there in the chopper

"But trying to take the chopper in there at night..

"Doesn't look like there's a lot of people inside," Tina said

"I thought there'd be a large staff."

"Oh, there is

He didn't want to tie the wounded man's hands, so they carefully moved him to a supply closet and locked him in there.

In the chopper's brilliant floodlights, there was little to see but driving snow

You see, there's no permanent immunity to this disease

"And there's always the possibility I'll misjudge the terrain in the dark and ram us right into the side of a hill."

"Well," Morgan said, "there's always the chance I'll screw up

Lots of people out there in the rest of the world - they believe in chemical and biological warfare

"If I understand you, the Chinese could use Wuhan-400 to wipe out a city or a country, and then there wouldn't be any need for them to conduct a tricky and expensive decontamination before they moved in and took over the conquered territory."

The virus migrates to the brain stem, and there it begins secreting a toxin that literally eats away brain tissue like battery acid dissolving cheesecloth

If there's an adjoining isolation chamber, you're supposed to go into it and lock the door after yourself

For as long as he could remember, he had been fascinated with death, with the mechanics and the meaning of it, and he had longed to know what it was like on the other side - without, of course, wishing to commit himself to a one-way journey there

If they all left, they'd just be turning the place over to men like Tamaguchi and Zachariah, and there wouldn't be anyone around to balance things

To everything there is a season, Tina reminded herself

I was so young and naive, I assumed "network-approved writers" meant that each of these writers would be among the finest in the TV business, on the planet, in the universe, the elite of the elite, the crS232; me de la crS232; me, superexcellent wordsmiths incapable of spinning any story that wasn't the top, the ower of Pisa, the Mona Lisa, the Louvre Museum, the Colosseum! Network-approved writers! I was in the lap of God, in the hands of ministering angels, and there could be no doubt whatsoever that we would have a hit with Help, My Feet Are Stuck to the Floor in Dean Koontz's Theater or whatever it would be called.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door.

He made a lot of money there

But when the South lost the war, and there was equality for black people, Uncle Elias left America

But there was one small room at the top of the house which was always locked

They think that there's nothing to worry about.'

He often works there late at night..

Helene was so calm during the investigation that the doctors finally decided she was mad (something I had for a long time thought the only possible solution), so there was no trial

But there was no possible doubt because the fingerprints of his left hand were the same as those found all over his laboratory and up at the house.

'My dear Commissaire, how can there be any doubt?'

'Have you noticed that she never catches flies when the boy is there?' he said.

'The doctors seem to think there is no hope of that,' I said.

But then there were all the questions she had never answered: the most important ones.

But if you don't, there'll be nothing more I can do, because Commissaire Charas will have the fly.'

He could see a time when there would be no aeroplanes, ships, trains or cars and, therefore, no roads or railway lines, ports, airports or stations

'The words are still there, Andre, but..

The three words were still there, but reversed:

He opened the door of the booth - and I was amazed to see that the bottle of champagne and the chair were not there.

'Oh, Andre, he's there!' I shouted

I knew that Henri had caught the fly because it looked different from other flies, but I also knew that his father hated cruelty to animals and that there would be a fuss if he discovered our son had put a fly in a box or bottle.

Look carefully and try to find a fly which ought to be there, but which I am unable to find

And in the fireplace there was a heap of burned documents.

'Andre, there is no fly here,' I said, trying to speak calmly

But there must be no talk of "putting an end to all this"

I hope there is no life after death because, if there is, I shall never forget the horror! Day and night, awake or asleep, I see it, and I know that I will see it forever.

But the eyes! Where the eyes should have been, there were two brown shapes the size of saucers

Instead of a mouth there was a long hairy vertical cut

You can see that there is only one solution

'I was there, but I didn't want to disturb you.'

There is a path from Old Hall, where she lives, to our garden gate, so most people coming from there come to the study window instead of going along the road to the front door.

Four ladies, holding teacups, were gathered there with Griselda

'There has also been some talk about that young artist, Mr Redding, hasn't there?' said Miss Wetherby.

'I wonder if there is a romance between the artist Lawrence Redding and Lettice Protheroe,' said Miss Wetherby.

Griselda paused, then said, 'You do believe me, don't you? When I say there's nothing between Lawrence and me.'

'If there is anything I can do...' I said.

As I closed it, I suddenly decided to go down to our shed, which Lawrence Redding was using as a studio, to look at Griselda's picture while no one was there

Suddenly there was a knock on the glass door

'I don't suppose there's anything worth stealing,' said Lawrence

'But you're wrong about there being nothing worth stealing

He's in there now.'

'This afternoon I was asked to go to a dying man, but when I got there everyone was very surprised

I want to see if there are footprints.' He moved towards the open window.

She kept asking if there were any suspects.'

'I didn't know there had been an arrest.'

'Oh, of course, there's a reason!' said Miss Marple

'But if there was an argument,' I argued, 'the shot may have been fired in sudden anger, and Lawrence might have been very upset afterwards about what he had done.'

'If you did, it's there still,' said Griselda.

You found Protheroe there, argued with him, shot him, and left.'

When we got there, a manservant opened the door.

I knew he would be there...'

'In fact I was in my garden from five o'clock onwards yesterday and from there, well, I can see everything that is happening next door.'

But I suppose Colonel Protheroe wasn't there yet, because she came back almost immediately, and walked down to the studio.'

'Yes, I think there was a shot somewhere in the woods

So when you hear a shot, you naturally think it comes from there.'

Miss Hartnell says she stayed there until seven o'clock, and Redding went with Stone to the Blue Boar for a drink

Mary told him that Colonel Protheroe was there, so he went in - and shot him - just as he said he did!'

For example, there was Major Hargreaves, a respected churchwarden

'Then there was that shot I heard,' said Miss Marple, 'Yes, the sound was different from the usual sort of shot.'

Well, after the vicar saw us there, I promised him that I would leave the village

I remember a clock lying there, but I did not touch it.'

As I sat there, I heard footsteps outside, they paused for a minute, then went away

'Oh! Was he sitting there when he was killed?'

'Well, if there was anything to be seen yesterday evening, Miss Marple saw it

Third way - is there a third way? My idea was to see if any of the bushes were broken near the vicarage garden wall.'

'Or come from there?'

We turned and walked this way, but after a short distance, there were no more broken bushes

Then suddenly there was the sound of breaking wood

Now you see why the call was made from there.'

'Were there any fingerprints on Mr Redding's phone?'

'Was there was something you wanted to see me about?' I asked.

Well, of course, there must have been a shot, because the gentleman was found shot - but she had not heard it.

'Were you there?' I asked Dr Stone.

'But there was a box of bullets beside it

'Well, she was walking past the study window, and the master was there with the lady

Miss Cram was there with Anne Protheroe.

On the floor, there were suitcases, broken furniture, and some pictures.

I thought that the sounds came from up above but when I called up these stairs, "Is anybody there?" there was no answer, so I went back to bed

I said goodbye to Anne, but there was one more thing I needed to do

I was almost there when an idea suddenly came into my brain

There were trees above, but again there were some broken bushes

And there, with great excitement, I saw something smooth hidden under the leaves

Next, there was a very old coat, then an old cap and an old pair of boots

'Then there was a reason for the murder,' said Miss Marple softly.

'Excuse me, but did Mrs Protheroe ask you to go there?'

She was sitting there and saying very loudly that she had never taken a suitcase to the woods.

'It was all there at Old Hall

And I looked through them as well, but there was no one in the house.'

Mrs Price Ridley said very slowly, 'She heard a sneeze on the day of the murder at a time when there was no one in your house

They left at just after nine o'clock, and at half-past nine exactly, there was a little knock on my study window, and I opened the glass door for Miss Marple to come in.

And when there is a mystery and I think I know the answer, it is so satisfying to find that I am right.'

'Miss Marple, who do you suspect? You said that there were seven people.'

He'd only been there for five minutes

I went to answer it and saw there was a letter in the letterbox

Melchett followed me there and I went and got a bottle of wine and two glasses.

'Always some good reason nowadays for every dirty action, isn't there?'

But before I could disagree there was an interruption

'Well, anyway, there is nothing you can do,' Melchett said

'Oh, that is good news! He will be safe there.' She was looking at the pillbox

Then suddenly, just as I was leaving Mr Clement's study, I noticed the plant in the pot by the window - and - well, there it was! Clear as day!'

And there was your Mary

She's been Archer's girlfriend for a long time, and she was alone in the house when it happened! And then, of course, there was Lettice - wanting freedom and money to do as she liked

'And then, of course, there is poor Mr Hawes

there was also dear Griselda.'

At most, people believed there might be living things on Mars, perhaps less developed than us and ready to welcome visitors

But people are so blind that no writer, before the end of the nineteenth century, suggested that much more intelligent life had developed there than on Earth

However, the next day there was no report in the newspapers except one small note in the Daily Telegraph, and the world knew nothing of one of the greatest dangers that ever threatened Earth.

That night, too, there was another sudden cloud of gas from the distant planet as a second missile started on its way to Earth from Mars, just under twenty-four hours after the first one

I remember how I sat there in the blackness, not suspecting the meaning of the tiny light I had seen and all the trouble that it would cause me

Even the daily papers woke up to these events at last, and there was much discussion of their cause

He remained standing on one side of the pit that the Thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance and thinking that there might be some intelligent design in its shape

It's a cylinder - an artificial cylinder! And there's something inside.'

When I got there, I found a little crowd of perhaps twenty people surrounding the great pit in which the cylinder lay

Henderson and Ogilvy were not there

I saw shock changing to horror on the faces of the people around me, and there was a general movement backwards

They were too far away for me to recognize anyone there, but I learned afterwards that Ogilvy, Stent and Henderson were with others in this attempt at communication

Suddenly, there was a flash of light and bright greenish smoke came out of the pit in three separate clouds, which moved up, one after the other, into the still air.

I remained there for some time.

For a moment, perhaps, I could not clearly understand how I came there

A few minutes earlier there had only been three things in my mind: the great size of the night and space and nature, my own weakness and unhappiness, and the near approach of death

'Haven't you just been there?' the men asked.

'He may be lying dead there.'

The atmosphere of Earth, we now know, contains much more oxygen than there is on Mars

If, on that Friday night, you had drawn a circle at a distance of five kilometres from Horsell Common, I doubt if there would have been one human being outside it, unless it was a relation of Stent, whose emotions or habits were affected by the new arrivals

Maybe there was talk in the village streets, a new topic in the pubs - and here and there a messenger, or even an eye-witness of the later events, caused some excitement

I went into my garden and stood listening, but towards the common there was nothing moving.

They were busy in the pit, and there was the sound of hammering and a column of smoke

We got there without any problems at about nine o'clock, and the horse had an hour's rest while I had supper with my cousins and left my wife in their care.

I wanted to be there at the death.

Overhead the clouds were passing fast, mixed here and there with clouds of black and red smoke, although no wind moved the bushes around me

Then there was a great flash like daylight and this strange object could be seen clearly.

Towards Maybury Bridge there were voices and the sound of feet, but I did not have the courage to shout or go to them

'Who's there?' he said, also whispering.

His back was hurt by the fall of a horse and he lay there for a long time

There were a few people still alive there; most of them were very frightened, and many of them had been burnt

In fact, apart from ourselves, there did not seem to be a living person on Maybury Hill.

'Do you know what's over there?' I said, pointing towards the woods that hid the Martians.

We remained there until midday, and at that time found ourselves at the place where the River Wey joins the River Thames

There was no great fear at this time, but already there were more people than all the boats could carry across the Thames

Every now and then people looked nervously at the fields beyond Chertsey, but everything there was still.

'Over there! Do you see them?'

No one in London knew what the Martians looked like, and there was still a fixed idea that they must be slow: 'crawling', 'moving painfully' - words like these were in all the earlier reports

But there was almost nothing to tell people until the government announced that the people of Walton and Weybridge, and all chat district, were pouring along the roads towards London.

No doubt the Martians were very frightening, but there could not be more than twenty of them against our millions.

At that time there was a strong feeling on the streets that the government should be blamed because they had not destroyed the Martians already.

Along the edge of Regent's Park there were as many romantic couples as there had ever been

The sound of guns continued from time to time and after midnight there seemed to be lightning in the south.

I expected at least to see smoke or fire, but there was only the deep-blue sky above and one single star

Towards Sunbury there was something dark, like a hill, hiding our view of the country further away

I had a sudden thought and looked to the north, and there I saw a third of these cloudy black hills.

When the smoke had begun to settle, it stayed quite close to the ground so that even fifteen metres up in the air, on the roots and upper floors of houses and in high trees, there was a chance of escaping its poison

For a day and a half he stayed up there, tired, hungry and burnt by the sun before it was safe to come down

From there we could see the searchlights on Richmond Hill and Kingston Hill moving in the sky, and at about eleven the windows shook, and we heard the sound of the large guns that had been put in position there

Wherever there was a possibility of guns being hidden, they fired a cylinder of Black Smoke at them, and where the guns could be seen they used the Heat-Ray.

People there were standing on the pavement, looking in surprise at the growing crowds of refugees

He said he would catch up with them by about half-past four in the morning, but it was now nearly nine and there was no sign of him.

He suggested that they should drive across Essex to the sea at Harwich, and from there get right out of the country.

But as soon as they were in the stream of vehicles, there was little they could do

They destroyed any weapons they found and wrecked the railways here and there

Until about midday there were still many ships on the Thames, attracted by the enormous sums of money offered by refugees

When, an hour later, a Martian walked down the river, there was nothing but broken pieces of boats in the water.

On Wednesday my brother and the two women reached Chelmsford, and there a number of people, calling themselves the Council of Public Safety, took their horse for food

About three kilometres out there was a warship

Steamships whistled and sent up clouds of steam, sails were let out and small boats rushed here and there

We stayed there all Sunday night and all the next day - the day of the panic - in a little island of daylight, cut off by the Black Smoke from the rest of the world

Here and there along the road, and in Sunbury itself, were dead bodies of horses as well as men, turned-over carts and luggage, all covered thickly with black dust

As we passed other small towns, we found them unaffected by either Heat-Ray or Black Smoke, and there were some people alive, although none could give us news

Here too, there were signs of quick departure

Once again, on the Surrey side, there was black dust that had once been smoke, and some dead bodies - a number of them near the approach to the station.

Under a shelf we found some bottled beer, and there were two bags of green beans and some lettuce

In a cupboard there was some tinned soup and fish and two tins of cake

We sat in the kitchen in the dark and had a meal of cold food, and just before midnight there was a blinding flash of green light followed by the loudest bang I have ever heard

I lay there unconscious for a long time, the curate told me, and when I woke up he was wiping my face with a wet handkerchief.

For hours we lay there in the darkness, while from outside came the sounds of hammering and then, after some time, a sound like an engine

However, at first I hardly noticed the pit and the cylinder, because of the strange shining machine that I saw working there, and the odd creatures that were crawling slowly and painfully across the earth near it.

In the back of the head, or body - I do not really know what to call it - there was a flat surface like the skin of a drum, which we now know worked as an ear

The curate was watching through the hole when the first men were brought there

He disappeared behind the pile of earth and for a moment there was silence

I began to think that, although our position was terrible, there was no reason yet to give up hope

I stepped over him and stood there breathing hard

I thought at once that it would know that I was there from the mark of the hammer.

Then there was silence.

Except in the corner, where a number of birds fought over some dead bodies, there was not a living thing in the pit.

I could see in every direction except behind me and there were no Martians in sight.

Far away I saw a thin cat walking along a wall, but there was no sign of people.

For some time I stood there, not worrying about my safety

From there I looked down on Putney and the river.

The Martians, it seemed, had killed and eaten everyone around there, except for a few lucky ones like myself

The morning was bright and fine and there were little golden clouds in the eastern sky

I had an idea of going to Leatherhead, although I knew there was little chance of finding my wife there

I came to the edge of Wimbledon Common and stood there, under cover of some trees and bushes

'I guess they've got a bigger camp there

'But even if there is, they'll get it right again.'

'But if that's true,' I said, 'what is there to live for?'

What nonsense to pretend there aren't!'

Under London there are hundreds of kilometres of them

And then there are the railways, where they go underground

For the first time I began to think that there was some distance between his dreams and his powers, because I could dig a hole like this in a day

I stayed there for a long time, looking north over the city

I found some old bread in a baker's shop there

Where there was no black powder, it was curiously like Sunday in the financial area of London, with the closed shops, the houses locked up and the curtains closed

In South Kensington the streets were clear of dead people and of black powder, and near there I first heard the howling

I was tired after eating and went into the room behind the bar and slept on a black leather sofa that I found there.

It was a large space, with enormous machines here and there within it, great piles of material and strange buildings

But there are no germs on Mars, and as soon as the Martians arrived, as soon as they drank and fed, our tiny friends began to destroy them

From there the happy news had flashed all over the world; a thousand cities, living in great fear, suddenly- turned on all their lights.

Already they were busy with returning people; in places there were even shops open

The first rush had already ended and there were few people on the train

All down the line from there, the country looked empty and unfamiliar

Wimbledon particularly had suffered, and beyond there I saw piles of earth around the sixth cylinder

And there, amazed and afraid, as I too stood amazed and afraid, were my cousin and my wife - my wife white and tearless

Before it there was a general belief that there was no life in space apart from on our tiny planet

If the Martians can reach Venus, there is no reason to think that this is impossible for us

So when the slow cooling of the sun means that we cannot continue to live on Earth, it may be that life which began here can reach out and continue there.

I saw the houses stretching away and disappearing into the smoke and mist, people walking up and down between the flower-beds, and the sightseers around the Martian machine that still stands there

'I beg your pardon, sir,' said our page-boy, as we entered, 'there was a man waiting for you

They had one child, but there was a yellow fever epidemic there, and both her husband and child died of it

Until this recent incident my wife and I lived very happily there.

'I was not happy about this because this was the first time that there was a secret between us

'Anyway, I told you that there is a cottage near our house

Someone was finally going to live there.

I was not very near, but there was something unnatural and inhuman about the face

As I stood there, imagine my surprise, Mr Holmes, when the door suddenly opened and my wife walked out!

Then as we started to leave, I looked up and there was that yellow face watching us out of the upper window

What link could there be between that creature and my wife?

That is why I didn't find anyone there.

'When I saw my wife again I told her that there could be no peace between us until she told me the truth

'No, there was a great fire in Atlanta after her husband's death, and all her papers were destroyed.'

'Has she ever received letters from there?'

Upon my word, Watson, there is something very attractive about that yellow face at the window, and I would not miss this case for worlds.'

When we arrived there, Holmes asked Mr Munro if he was sure he wanted to enter the cottage

In one corner there was a desk, and at that desk there was a desk, and at that desk there appeared to be a little girl.

Holmes, with a laugh, put his hand behind the ear of the little girl, and pulled off the mask, and there was a little coal-black girl

I took every possible precaution so that there would not be gossip about a little black girl

George always thinks he is ill, but there is really nothing wrong with him.

'On the river there's nothing for me to do

The grass around us is green, and little flowers grow here and there.

As we all sat there dreaming, Harris said, 'What happens if it rains?'

Soon there was butter everywhere

In the middle of all of this, there was Montmorency, of course

He put his leg in the sugar, and soon there was sugar everywhere

In the maze, they met some people who had been there for forty-five minutes

On Sundays, there are boats everywhere

Julius Caesar stayed there with his soldiers

Queen Elizabeth I stayed there, too

They didn't notice that there was no boat at the end of the rope

We stopped there and decided to spend the night on the boat

When the scrambled eggs were ready, there was very little to eat

We thought about the happy days of childhood when there was lots of mustard on the table

The sun was going down, and there was a red light on the water

'Then there has been an earthquake,' George said

You told me to sit there

'How many swans were there?' George asked.

Some of the work in my office has been there for years

Some people sit and fish there all day

We finally arrived at Oxford and spent two excellent days there

'However, there's a train that leaves Pangbourne after five o'clock

The driver can drop her under the neem trees in the morning and pick her up from there in the evening..

Is typing the only job there is in this world? You are a teacher, are you not?' said Mercy.

And there was a silence.

Then there was only Mercy's footsteps as she went to wash her plate, and then left the kitchen

'I see,' she said, and for the first time in the one month since she agreed to be this man's lover, the tears which suddenly rose into her eyes came there naturally.

'James, there is something much more serious.'

'Jesus, is it possible that there is anything more important than that?'

He may be able to speak to someone in your government office so that after the baby is born you can keep your job there.'

If there is anything people in this country have, it is a big mouth.'

Then there was the sound of a car stopping outside the house

'Wasn't there a picture in The Crystal over the weekend of his daughter's wedding? And another one of him with his wife and children and grandchildren?' said James.

Connie just sits there with her mouth open that wide...

My Italian friend Pesca was there, and he had good news for me

Don't worry, I've done nothing wrong - but there's been an accident

I have a friend there

'Because I hope that there's one you don't know - one who lives in Hampshire.'

'I was happy there once, in a village called Limmeridge

This woman in white was probably a student there

She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen, and yet there seemed to be something missing - I did not know what.

Her mother is a respectable woman but there is something mysterious about her...'"

'All of it? Is there no one else you wish to include in your will?'

'Yes, there is someone,' she said in a trembling voice, and she burst into tears.

They needed someone to draw the plants and animals they found there

'You'll stay there until you tell the truth!' he cried

Just then there was a knock at the door

I opened it and found Madame Fosco there, holding my handkerchief

As we walked along the corridor, Sir Percival came up the stairs and said, 'She's not there

When we got there, she suddenly seemed frightened

Imagine my feelings, Walter, when I saw my dear sister there in the asylum, and that everyone believed she was Anne Catherick! I gave the nurse one hundred pounds to help Laura escape

I wondered why so little space had been given to the record of Sir Felix's marriage, but apart from that there was nothing unusual about it

Is there a copy of the records of 1803?'

At the opera, I asked Pesca, 'Do you recognise that fat man over there?'

The scar is there

One day she'll come back to the lake, but this time I'll be there!'

I said that Lady Glyde had gone to London and wanted Anne to go there too to meet her

Marian, Laura, and I lived there happily

At this time, there were slaves in the south of the USA, but not in the north

But she did not stay there

From a young age, Rosa knew that "there was a black world and a white world," as she said later

In those days, there was a line on the floor of the bus

Today, there are still many women fighting for human rights in different parts of the world

In Iran, there is Shirin Ebadi

In 1981, Rigoberta ran away from Guatemala because living there was dangerous for her

The fight for votes there was led by some very brave women

She went to the USA and gave many talks there

In 2015, women there voted for the first time in town and city elections.

It was hard, dirty work, and there was not much free time

Factories were making lots of new things, and this meant there were new jobs for women

They are also going into "men's" jobs - these days there are women pilots, judges and astronauts!

Marie Curie's name was not there! Then, a Swedish professor of mathematics called Gosta Mittag-Leffler, who was on the Nobel Committee, wrote a letter to Pierre Curie

Later in the 20th century, there were more women in science, and some of them did very important work

Now, there is a group of young women scientists who are doing wonderful things

Hillary Clinton is an example of a woman who has achieved a lot in politics, and there are others

In 2018, for example, there were 650 MPs in the United Kingdom Parliament

For example, there are not many women in the Parliament of Sri Lanka

When they came down in Lae, New Guinea, on 29th June, there were only 7,000 more miles to travel

She said there was cloudy weather

After Amelia Earhart, there were many women pilots in the USA

Funk was in there for 10 hours and 35 minutes

At the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, in 1896, there were no women

In these Games, there were more sports that women could take part in

Later, there were other great sportswomen, like American tennis player Billie Jean King.

The goals are there to stop people from being poor, to look after the Earth and to stop war

But there are still many things that stop women from enjoying an equal life.

MeToo was used a lot from October 2017 on social media to show that there is a lot of sexual assault and harassment of women, everywhere in the world

At the end of that day, there were movements in many languages, like Arabic, Farsi, French, Hindi and Spanish

Because of this, everyone learned that there is a lot of sexual assault in the film business

In the village there is a military presidio with Spanish soldiers and their horses

All around the village there are big homes with patios.

Tonight there is a terrible storm and it is raining

Inside the village tavern there are soldiers and other men

Everyone must go near the fire and stay there!" says Zorro

The next morning there is a lot of noise at the Presidio Don.

Suddenly there is a knock at the door

Don Diego is there too

Outside the Governor's home there are many soldiers