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The Exodus From London

           Severalwayfarerscamealongthelane,andofthesemybrothergatheredsuchnewsashecould. 

           Everybrokenanswerhehaddeepenedhisimpressionofthegreatdisasterthathadcomeonhumanity,deepenedhispersuasionoftheimmediatenecessityforprosecutingthisflight. Heurgedthematteruponthem. 

           "Wehavemoney,"saidtheslenderwoman,andhesitated. 

           Hereyesmetmybrother’s,andherhesitationended. 

           "SohaveI,"saidmybrother. 

           Sheexplainedthattheyhadasmuchasthirtypoundsingold,besidesafive-poundnote,andsuggestedthatwiththattheymightgetuponatrainatSt.AlbansorNewBarnet. Mybrotherthoughtthatwashopeless,seeingthefuryoftheLondonerstocrowduponthetrains,andbroachedhisownideaofstrikingacrossEssextowardsHarwichandthenceescapingfromthecountryaltogether. 

           Mrs.Elphinstonethatwasthenameofthewomaninwhitewouldlistentonoreasoning,andkeptcallingupon"George"; buthersister-in-lawwasastonishinglyquietanddeliberate,andatlastagreedtomybrother’ssuggestion. So,designingtocrosstheGreatNorthRoad,theywentontowardsBarnet,mybrotherleadingtheponytosaveitasmuchaspossible. Asthesuncreptuptheskythedaybecameexcessivelyhot,andunderfootathick,whitishsandgrewburningandblinding,sothattheytravelledonlyveryslowly. Thehedgesweregreywithdust. AndastheyadvancedtowardsBarnetatumultuousmurmuringgrewstronger. 

           Theybegantomeetmorepeople. Forthemostpartthesewerestaringbeforethem,murmuringindistinctquestions,jaded,haggard,unclean. Onemanineveningdresspassedthemonfoot,hiseyesontheground. 

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