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". The Wabbly was meant for one purpose, the / undermining of civilian morale. To accomplish that / purpose it set systematically about the establishment / of a reign of terror; and so complete was its success / that half the population of a state was in headlong / flight within two hours. It was, first, mysterious; / secondly, deadly, and within a very few hours it had / built up a reputation for invincibility. Judged on the / basis of its first twelve hours' work alone, it was the / most successful experiment of the war. Its effect on / civilian morale was incalculable. " (_Strategic Lessons / of the War of 1941-43._ -- U. S. War College. Pp. 80-81.)
Two of the members of Observation-Post Fourteen gaped after the retreating monster. Sergeant Walpole scribbled on the official form. Just as the monstrous thing dipped down out of sight there was a vicious, crashing report from its hinder part. Something shrieked.