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Involving another Journey, and an Antiquarian Discovery; Recording Mr. Pickwick’s Determination to b

           Iheardthenoiseofthefeetbehind,andredoubledmyspeed.Itgrewfainterandfainterinthedistance,andatlengthdiedawayaltogether;butonIbounded,throughmarshandrivulet,overfenceandwall,withawildshoutwhichwastakenupbythestrangebeingsthatflockedaroundmeoneveryside,andswelledthesound,tillitpiercedtheair.Iwasborneuponthearmsofdemonswhosweptalonguponthewind,andboredownbankandhedgebeforethem,andspunmeroundandroundwitharustleandaspeedthatmademyheadswim,untilatlasttheythrewmefromthemwithaviolentshock,andIfellheavilyupontheearth.WhenIwokeIfoundmyselfherehereinthisgraycell,wherethesunlightseldomcomes,andthemoonstealsin,inrayswhichonlyservetoshowthedarkshadowsaboutme,andthatsilentfigureinitsoldcorner.WhenIlieawake,Icansometimeshearstrangeshrieksandcriesfromdistantpartsofthislargeplace.Whattheyare,Iknownot;buttheyneithercomefromthatpaleform,nordoesitregardthem.Forfromthefirstshadesofdusktilltheearliestlightofmorning,itstillstandsmotionlessinthesameplace,listeningtothemusicofmyironchain,andwatchingmygambolsonmystrawbed.’

           Attheendofthemanuscriptwaswritten,inanotherhand,thisnote:—

           [Theunhappymanwhoseravingsarerecordedabove,wasamelancholyinstanceofthebanefulresultsofenergiesmisdirectedinearlylife,andexcessesprolongeduntiltheirconsequencescouldneverberepaired.

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