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Chapter 34

           Inwritingtheprogrammeforhisburialhecertainlydidnotmakecleartohimselfthathispleasureinthelittledramaofwhichitformedapartwasconfinedtoanticipation.Inchucklingoverthevexationshecouldinflictbytherigidclutchofhisdeadhand,heinevitablymingledhisconsciousnesswiththatlividstagnantpresence,andsofarashewaspreoccupiedwithafuturelife,itwaswithoneofgratificationinsidehiscoffin.ThusoldFeatherstonewasimaginative,afterhisfashion.

           However,thethreemourning-coacheswerefilledaccordingtothewrittenordersofthedeceased.Therewerepall-bearersonhorseback,withtherichestscarfsandhatbands,andeventheunder-bearershadtrappingsofwoewhichwereofagoodwell-pricedquality.Theblackprocession,whendismounted,lookedthelargerforthesmallnessofthechurchyard;theheavyhumanfacesandtheblackdraperiesshiveringinthewindseemedtotellofaworldstrangelyincongruouswiththelightlydroppingblossomsandthegleamsofsunshineonthedaisies.TheclergymanwhomettheprocessionwasMr.CadwalladeralsoaccordingtotherequestofPeterFeatherstone,promptedasusualbypeculiarreasons.Havingacontemptforcurates,whomhealwayscalledunderstrappers,hewasresolvedtobeburiedbyabeneficedclergyman.Mr.

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