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Before breakfast
The narrator goes into his garden - everything is calm and quiet. "There was nothing stirring but a lark." p26 -
After breakfast
The narrator walks down to the Common. He meets a group of soldiers who discuss how best to deal with the Martians. -
Lunchtime, about 2pm
The narrator has a cold bath to refresh himself. -
Three o'clock
The army begins to attack - "the pine woods into which the second cylinder had fallen was being shelled." p28 -
Half past four
The narrator collects an evening paper. There is no news that he doesn't already know. -
Six in the evening
The narrator's house is in the firing line for the heat ray. "One of our chimney's cracked as if a shot had hit it, flew, and a piece of it came clattering down..." p28. The narrator borrows a cart from the pub and escapes with his wife to Leatherhead. -
About nine o'clock
The narrator and his wife arrive at Leatherhead where he has dinner with his cousins and leaves his wife in their care. He then returns home to Maybury Hill. -
Nearly eleven
"It was nearly eleven when I started to return." - p30. The narrator leaves his wife in the care of his cousins and returns to his home to return the horse and cart. -
Midnight
"I heard midnight pealing out from Pyrford church." - p31. The horse is scared by the storm and bolts. The narrator sees the Martians' tripods for the first time and the carriage crashes. He hides from the Martians in the hedgerows and eventually makes his way back to his home.
