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Chapter XXV

           Insteadofsubsidingasnightdrewon,itseemedtoaugmentitsrushanddeepenitsroar:thetreesblewsteadfastlyoneway,neverwrithinground,andscarcelytossingbacktheirboughsonceinanhour; socontinuouswasthestrainbendingtheirbranchyheadsnorthward—thecloudsdriftedfrompoletopole,fastfollowing,massonmass:noglimpseofblueskyhadbeenvisiblethatJulyday. 

           ItwasnotwithoutacertainwildpleasureIranbeforethewind,deliveringmytroubleofmindtothemeasurelessair-torrentthunderingthroughspace. Descendingthelaurelwalk,Ifacedthewreckofthechestnut-tree;itstoodupblackandriven:thetrunk,splitdownthecentre,gaspedghastly. Theclovenhalveswerenotbrokenfromeachother,forthefirmbaseandstrongrootskeptthemunsunderedbelow;thoughcommunityofvitalitywasdestroyed—thesapcouldflownomore: theirgreatboughsoneachsideweredead,andnextwinter’stempestswouldbesuretofelloneorbothtoearth: asyet,however,theymightbesaidtoformonetree—aruin,butanentireruin. 

           "Youdidrighttoholdfasttoeachother,"Isaid:asifthemonster-splinterswerelivingthings,andcouldhearme. 

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