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Chapter XXVIII

           Butallthesurfaceofthewastelookedlevel.Itshowednovariationbutoftint:green,whererushandmossovergrewthemarshes;black,wherethedrysoilboreonlyheath. Darkasitwasgetting,Icouldstillseethesechanges,thoughbutasmerealternationsoflightandshade;forcolourhadfadedwiththedaylight. 

           Myeyestillrovedoverthesullenswellandalongthemoor-edge,vanishingamidstthewildestscenery,whenatonedimpoint,farinamongthemarshesandtheridges,alightsprangup. "Thatisanignisfatuus,"wasmyfirstthought;andIexpecteditwouldsoonvanish. Itburnton,however,quitesteadily,neitherrecedingnoradvancing. "Isit,then,abonfirejustkindled?"Iquestioned.Iwatchedtoseewhetheritwouldspread:butno;asitdidnotdiminish,soitdidnotenlarge. "Itmaybeacandleinahouse,"Ithenconjectured;"butifso,Icanneverreachit. Itismuchtoofaraway:andwereitwithinayardofme,whatwoulditavail?Ishouldbutknockatthedoortohaveitshutinmyface." 

           AndIsankdownwhereIstood,andhidmyfaceagainsttheground. Ilaystillawhile:thenight-windsweptoverthehillandoverme,anddiedmoaninginthedistance;therainfellfast,wettingmeafreshtotheskin. CouldIbuthavestiffenedtothestillfrostthefriendlynumbnessofdeathitmighthavepeltedon;Ishouldnothavefeltit;butmyyetlivingfleshshudderedatitschillinginfluence. Iroseerelong. 

           Thelightwasyetthere,shiningdimbutconstantthroughtherain. Itriedtowalkagain:Idraggedmyexhaustedlimbsslowlytowardsit. 

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