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Chapter 70

           Letusgoon,inthenameofHeaven!’

           Theydidso,leavingthepostiliontoordersuchaccommodationasthehouseafforded,andtorenewhisknocking.Kitaccompaniedthemwithalittlebundle,whichhehadhunginthecarriagewhentheylefthome,andhadnotforgottensincethebirdinhisoldcagejustasshehadlefthim.Shewouldbegladtoseeherbird,heknew.

           Theroadwoundgentlydownward.Astheyproceeded,theylostsightofthechurchwhoseclocktheyhadheard,andofthesmallvillageclusteringroundit.Theknocking,whichwasnowrenewed,andwhichinthatstillnesstheycouldplainlyhear,troubledthem.Theywishedthemanwouldforbear,orthattheyhadtoldhimnottobreakthesilenceuntiltheyreturned.

           Theoldchurchtower,cladinaghostlygarbofpurecoldwhite,againroseupbeforethem,andafewmomentsbroughtthemclosebesideit.Avenerablebuildinggrey,eveninthemidstofthehoarylandscape.Anancientsun-dialonthebelfrywallwasnearlyhiddenbythesnow-drift,andscarcelytobeknownforwhatitwas.Timeitselfseemedtohavegrowndullandold,asifnodaywereevertodisplacethemelancholynight.

           Awicketgatewascloseathand,buttherewasmorethanonepathacrossthechurchyardtowhichitled,and,uncertainwhichtotake,theycametoastandagain.

           Thevillagestreetifstreetthatcouldbecalledwhichwasanirregularclusterofpoorcottagesofmanyheightsandages,somewiththeirfronts,somewiththeirbacks,andsomewithgableendstowardstheroad,withhereandthereasignpost,orashedencroachingonthepathwascloseathand.

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