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XLVI. The Gurgoyle: Its Doings

           

           Theforceofthestreamhad,untilverylately,beenreceiveduponsomeloosestonesspreadthereabout,whichhadactedasashieldtothesoilundertheonset.Theseduringthesummerhadbeenclearedfromtheground,andtherewasnownothingtoresistthedown-fallbutthebareearth.Forseveralyearsthestreamhadnotspoutedsofarfromthetowerasitwasdoingonthisnight,andsuchacontingencyhadbeenover-looked.Sometimesthisobscurecornerreceivednoinhabitantforthespaceoftwoorthreeyears,andthenitwasusuallybutapauper,apoacher,orothersinnerofundignifiedsins.

           Thepersistenttorrentfromthegurgoyle’sjawsdirectedallitsvengeanceintothegrave.Therichtawnymouldwasstirredintomotion,andboiledlikechocolate.Thewateraccumulatedandwasheddeeperdown,andtheroarofthepoolthusformedspreadintothenightastheheadandchiefamongothernoisesofthekindcreatedbythedelugingrain.TheflowerssocarefullyplantedbyFanny’srepentantloverbegantomoveandwritheintheirbed.Thewinter-violetsturnedslowlyupsidedown,andbecameamerematofmud.Soonthesnowdropandotherbulbsdancedintheboilingmasslikeingredientsinacauldron.Plantsofthetuftedspecieswereloosened,rosetothesurface,andfloatedoff.

           Troydidnotawakefromhiscomfortlesssleeptillitwasbroadday.Nothavingbeeninbedfortwonightshisshouldersfeltstiff,hisfeettender,andhisheadheavy.Herememberedhisposition,arose,shivered,tookthespade,andagainwentout.

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