Stop Him!

           DarknessrestsuponTom-All-Alone’s.Dilatinganddilatingsincethesunwentdownlastnight,ithasgraduallyswelleduntilitfillseveryvoidintheplace.Foratimethereweresomedungeonlightsburning,asthelampoflifehumsinTom-all-Alone’s,heavily,heavily,inthenauseousair,andwinkingasthatlamp,too,winksinTom-all-Alone’satmanyhorriblethings.Buttheyareblottedout.ThemoonhaseyedTomwithadullcoldstare,asadmittingsomepunyemulationofherselfinhisdesertregionunfitforlifeandblastedbyvolcanicfires;butshehaspassedonandisgone.TheblackestnightmareintheinfernalstablesgrazesonTom-all-Alone’s,andTomisfastasleep.Muchmightyspeech-makingtherehasbeen,bothinandoutofParliament,concerningTom,andmuchwrathfuldisputationhowTomshallbegotright.Whetherheshallbeputintothemainroadbyconstables,orbybeadles,orbybell-ringing,orbyforceoffigures,orbycorrectprinciplesoftaste,orbyhighchurch,orbylowchurch,orbynochurch;whetherheshallbesettosplittingtrussesofpolemicalstrawswiththecrookedknifeofhismindorwhetherheshallbeputtostone-breakinginstead.Inthemidstofwhichdustandnoisethereisbutonethingperfectlyclear,towit,thatTomonlymayandcan,orshallandwill,bereclaimedaccordingtosomebody’stheorybutnobody’spractice.Andinthehopefulmeantime,Tomgoestoperditionheadforemostinhisolddeterminedspirit.Buthehashisrevenge.Eventhewindsarehismessengers,andtheyservehiminthesehoursofdarkness.

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