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The Exodus From London

           HesawMissElphinstonecoveringhereyes,andalittlechild,withallachild’swantofsympatheticimagination,staringwithdilatedeyesatadustysomethingthatlayblackandstill,groundandcrushedundertherollingwheels. "Letusgoback!"heshouted,andbeganturningtheponyround. "Wecannotcrossthishell,"hesaidandtheywentbackahundredyardsthewaytheyhadcome,untilthefightingcrowdwashidden. Astheypassedthebendinthelanemybrothersawthefaceofthedyingmanintheditchundertheprivet,deadlywhiteanddrawn,andshiningwithperspiration. Thetwowomensatsilent,crouchingintheirseatandshivering. 

           Thenbeyondthebendmybrotherstoppedagain. MissElphinstonewaswhiteandpale,andhersister-in-lawsatweeping,toowretchedeventocallupon"George." Mybrotherwashorrifiedandperplexed. Sosoonastheyhadretreatedherealisedhowurgentandunavoidableitwastoattemptthiscrossing. HeturnedtoMissElphinstone,suddenlyresolute. 

           "Wemustgothatway,"hesaid,andledtheponyroundagain. 

           Forthesecondtimethatdaythisgirlprovedherquality. Toforcetheirwayintothetorrentofpeople,mybrotherplungedintothetrafficandheldbackacabhorse,whileshedrovetheponyacrossitshead. Awaggonlockedwheelsforamomentandrippedalongsplinterfromthechaise. Inanothermomenttheywerecaughtandsweptforwardbythestream. Mybrother,withthecabman’swhipmarksredacrosshisfaceandhands,scrambledintothechaiseandtookthereinsfromher. 

           "Pointtherevolveratthemanbehind,"hesaid,givingittoher,"ifhepressesustoohard. No!pointitathishorse." 

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