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           TheResurrectionMan—touseabynameoftheperiod—wasnottobedeterredbyanyofthesanctitiesofcustomarypiety. Itwaspartofhistradetodespiseanddesecratethescrollsandtrumpetsofoldtombs,thepathswornbythefeetofworshippersandmourners,andtheofferingsandtheinscriptionsofbereavedaffection. Torusticneighbourhoods,whereloveismorethancommonlytenacious,andwheresomebondsofbloodorfellowshipunitetheentiresocietyofaparish,thebody-snatcher,farfrombeingrepelledbynaturalrespect,wasattractedbytheeaseandsafetyofthetask. Tobodiesthathadbeenlaidinearth,injoyfulexpectationofafardifferentawakening,therecamethathasty,lamp-lit,terror-hauntedresurrectionofthespadeandmattock. Thecoffinwasforced,thecerementstorn,andthemelancholyrelics,cladinsackcloth,afterbeingrattledforhoursonmoonlessbyways,wereatlengthexposedtouttermostindignitiesbeforeaclassofgapingboys. 

           Somewhatastwovulturesmayswoopuponadyinglamb,FettesandMacfarlaneweretobeletlooseuponagraveinthatgreenandquietresting-place.