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Chapter 15. Mrs Flintwinch has another Dream

           Thepostofhonourandthepostofshame,thegeneral’sstationandthedrummer’s,apeer’sstatueinWestminsterAbbeyandaseaman’shammockinthebosomofthedeep,themitreandtheworkhouse,thewoolsackandthegallows,thethroneandtheguillotine—thetravellerstoallareonthegreathighroad,butithaswonderfuldivergencies,andonlyTimeshallshowuswhithereachtravellerisbound.

           Onawintryafternoonattwilight,MrsFlintwinch,havingbeenheavyallday,dreamedthisdream:

           Shethoughtshewasinthekitchengettingthekettlereadyfortea,andwaswarmingherselfwithherfeetuponthefenderandtheskirtofhergowntuckedup,beforethecollapsedfireinthemiddleofthegrate,borderedoneitherhandbyadeepcoldblackravine.Shethoughtthatasshesatthus,musinguponthequestionwhetherlifewasnotforsomepeoplearatherdullinvention,shewasfrightenedbyasuddennoisebehindher.Shethoughtthatshehadbeensimilarlyfrightenedoncelastweek,andthatthenoisewasofamysteriouskind—asoundofrustlingandofthreeorfourquickbeatslikearapidstep;whileashockortremblewascommunicatedtoherheart,asifthestephadshakenthefloor,orevenasifshehadbeentouchedbysomeawfulhand.Shethoughtthatthisrevivedwithinhercertainoldfearsofhersthatthehousewashaunted;andthatsheflewupthekitchenstairswithoutknowinghowshegotup,tobenearercompany.

           MistressAfferythoughtthatonreachingthehall,shesawthedoorofherliegelord’sofficestandingopen,andtheroomempty.

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