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Rachael

           Theystoodinthedaylightbeforeacrowdsovast,thatifallthepeopleintheworldcouldhavebeenbroughttogetherintoonespace,theycouldnothavelooked,hethought,morenumerous;andtheyallabhorredhim,andtherewasnotonepityingorfriendlyeyeamongthemillionsthatwerefastenedonhisface.Hestoodonaraisedstage,underhisownloom;and,lookingupattheshapetheloomtook,andhearingtheburialservicedistinctlyread,heknewthathewastheretosufferdeath.Inaninstantwhathestoodonfellbelowhim,andhewasgone.

           Outofwhatmysteryhecamebacktohisusuallife,andtoplacesthatheknew,hewasunabletoconsider;buthewasbackinthoseplacesbysomemeans,andwiththiscondemnationuponhim,thathewasnever,inthisworldorthenext,throughalltheunimaginableagesofeternity,tolookonRachael’sfaceorhearhervoice.Wanderingtoandfro,unceasingly,withouthope,andinsearchofheknewnotwhat(heonlyknewthathewasdoomedtoseekit),hewasthesubjectofanameless,horribledread,amortalfearofoneparticularshapewhicheverythingtook.Whatsoeverhelookedat,grewintothatformsoonerorlater.Theobjectofhismiserableexistencewastopreventitsrecognitionbyanyoneamongthevariouspeopleheencountered.

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