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Chapter 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming

           Thecloudswereflyingfast,andthewindwascomingupingusts,bangingsomeneighbouringshuttersthathadbrokenloose,twirlingtherustychimney-cowlsandweather-cocks,andrushingroundandroundaconfinedadjacentchurchyardasifithadamindtoblowthedeadcitizensoutoftheirgraves.Thelowthunder,mutteringinallquartersoftheskyatonce,seemedtothreatenvengeanceforthisattempteddesecration,andtomutter,‘Letthemrest!Letthemrest!’

           MistressAffery,whosefearofthunderandlightningwasonlytobeequalledbyherdreadofthehauntedhousewithaprematureandpreternaturaldarknessinit,stoodundecidedwhethertogoinornot,untilthequestionwassettledforherbythedoorblowinguponherinaviolentgustofwindandshuttingherout.‘What’stobedonenow,what’stobedonenow!’criedMistressAffery,wringingherhandsinthislastuneasydreamofall;‘whenshe’sallalonebyherselfinside,andcannomorecomedowntoopenitthanthechurchyarddeadthemselves!’

           Inthisdilemma,MistressAffery,withherapronasahoodtokeeptherainoff,rancryingupanddownthesolitarypavedenclosureseveraltimes.Whysheshouldthenstoopdownandlookinatthekeyholeofthedoorasifaneyewouldopenit,itwouldbedifficulttosay;butitisnonethelesswhatmostpeoplewouldhavedoneinthesamesituation,anditiswhatshedid.

           Fromthispostureshestartedupsuddenly,withahalfscream,feelingsomethingonhershoulder.Itwasthetouchofahand;ofaman’shand.

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