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Chapter 46

           Thewakingfromasoundnapasthemailcamedashingpastlikeahighwaycomet,withgleaminglampsandrattlinghoofs,andvisionsofaguardbehind,standinguptokeephisfeetwarm,andofagentlemaninafurcapopeninghiseyesandlookingwildandstupefiedthestoppingattheturnpikewherethemanwasgonetobed,andknockingatthedooruntilheansweredwithasmotheredshoutfromunderthebed-clothesinthelittleroomabove,wherethefaintlightwasburning,andpresentlycamedown,night-cappedandshivering,tothrowthegatewideopen,andwishallwaggonsofftheroadexceptbyday.Thecoldsharpintervalbetweennightandmorningthedistantstreakoflightwideningandspreading,andturningfromgreytowhite,andfromwhitetoyellow,andfromyellowtoburningredthepresenceofday,withallitscheerfulnessandlifemenandhorsesattheploughbirdsinthetreesandhedges,andboysinsolitaryfields,frighteningthemawaywithrattles.

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