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Mr. Thomas Marvel

           "Areyerburied?"saidMr.ThomasMarvel,afteraninterval. 

           Therewasnoanswer.Mr.ThomasMarvelstoodbootlessandamazed,hisjacketnearlythrownoff. 

           "Peewit,"saidapeewit,veryremote. 

           "Peewit,indeed!"saidMr.ThomasMarvel. "Thisain'tnotimeforfoolery." Thedownwasdesolate,eastandwest,northandsouth;theroadwithitsshallowditchesandwhiteborderingstakes,ransmoothandemptynorthandsouth,and,saveforthatpeewit,theblueskywasemptytoo. "Sohelpme,"saidMr.ThomasMarvel,shufflinghiscoatontohisshouldersagain."It'sthedrink!Imightha'known." 

           "It'snotthedrink,"saidtheVoice."Youkeepyournervessteady." 

           "Ow!"saidMr.Marvel,andhisfacegrewwhiteamidstitspatches. "It'sthedrink!"hislipsrepeatednoiselessly. Heremainedstaringabouthim,rotatingslowlybackwards. "IcouldhavesworeIheardavoice,"hewhispered. 

           "Ofcourseyoudid." 

           "It'sthereagain,"saidMr.Marvel,closinghiseyesandclaspinghishandonhisbrowwithatragicgesture. Hewassuddenlytakenbythecollarandshakenviolently,andleftmoredazedthanever. "Don'tbeafool,"saidtheVoice. 

           "I'm—off—my—blooming—chump,"saidMr.Marvel."It'snogood.It'sfrettingaboutthemblarstedboots.I'moffmyblessedbloomingchump.Orit'sspirits." 

           "Neitheronethingnortheother,"saidtheVoice."Listen!" 

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