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Chapter 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream

           Duringmanyhoursoftheshortwinterdays,however,whenitwasduskthereearlyintheafternoon,changingdistortionsofherselfinherwheeledchair,ofMrFlintwinchwithhiswryneck,ofMistressAfferycomingandgoing,wouldbethrownuponthehousewallthatwasoverthegateway,andwouldhovertherelikeshadowsfromagreatmagiclantern.Astheroom-riddeninvalidsettledforthenight,thesewouldgraduallydisappear:MistressAffery’smagnifiedshadowalwaysflittingabout,last,untilitfinallyglidedawayintotheair,asthoughshewereoffuponawitchexcursion.Thenthesolitarylightwouldburnunchangingly,untilitburnedpalebeforethedawn,andatlastdiedunderthebreathofMrsAffery,ashershadowdescendedonitfromthewitch-regionofsleep.

           Strange,ifthelittlesick-roomfirewereineffectabeaconfire,summoningsomeone,andthatthemostunlikelysomeoneintheworld,tothespotthatmustbecometo.Strange,ifthelittlesick-roomlightwereineffectawatch-light,burninginthatplaceeverynightuntilanappointedeventshouldbewatchedout!Whichofthevastmultitudeoftravellers,underthesunandthestars,climbingthedustyhillsandtoilingalongthewearyplains,journeyingbylandandjourneyingbysea,comingandgoingsostrangely,tomeetandtoactandreactononeanother;whichofthehostmay,withnosuspicionofthejourney’send,betravellingsurelyhither?

           Timeshallshowus.

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