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The Starlight

           

           Whenallwasready,thisman,stilltakinghislasthurriedchargesfromhiscomradesandthesurgeonafterthewindlasshadbeguntolowerhim,disappearedintothepit.Theropewentoutasbefore,thesignalwasmadeasbefore,andthewindlassstopped.Nomanremovedhishandfromitnow.Everyonewaitedwithhisgraspset,andhisbodybentdowntothework,readytoreverseandwindin.Atlengththesignalwasgiven,andalltheringleanedforward.

           For,now,theropecamein,tightenedandstrainedtoitsutmostasitappeared,andthementurnedheavily,andthewindlasscomplained.Itwasscarcelyendurabletolookattherope,andthinkofitsgivingway.But,ringafterringwascoileduponthebarrelofthewindlasssafely,andtheconnectingchainsappeared,andfinallythebucketwiththetwomenholdingonatthesidesasighttomaketheheadswim,andoppresstheheartandtenderlysupportingbetweenthem,slungandtiedwithin,thefigureofapoor,crushed,humancreature.

           Alowmurmurofpitywentroundthethrong,andthewomenweptaloud,asthisform,almostwithoutform,wasmovedveryslowlyfromitsirondeliverance,andlaiduponthebedofstraw.Atfirst,nonebutthesurgeonwentclosetoit.Hedidwhathecouldinitsadjustmentonthecouch,butthebestthathecoulddowastocoverit.Thatgentlydone,hecalledtohimRachaelandSissy.

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