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           Thegrave,inwhichtheynowstoodalmosttotheshoulders,wasclosetotheedgeoftheplateauofthegraveyard; andthegiglamphadbeenpropped,thebettertoilluminatetheirlabours,againstatree,andontheimmediatevergeofthesteepbankdescendingtothestream. Chancehadtakenasureaimwiththestone. Thencameaclangofbrokenglass;nightfelluponthem; soundsalternatelydullandringingannouncedtheboundingofthelanterndownthebank,anditsoccasionalcollisionwiththetrees. Astoneortwo,whichithaddislodgedinitsdescent,rattledbehinditintotheprofunditiesoftheglen; andthensilence,likenight,resumeditssway; andtheymightbendtheirhearingtoitsutmostpitch,butnaughtwastobeheardexcepttherain,nowmarchingtothewind,nowsteadilyfallingovermilesofopencountry. 

           Theyweresonearlyatanendoftheirabhorredtaskthattheyjudgeditwisesttocompleteitinthedark. Thecoffinwasexhumedandbrokenopen; thebodyinsertedinthedrippingsackandcarriedbetweenthemtothegig; onemountedtokeepitinitsplace,andtheother,takingthehorsebythemouth,gropedalongbywallandbushuntiltheyreachedthewiderroadbytheFisher’sTryst. Herewasafaint,diffusedradiancy,whichtheyhailedlikedaylight; bythattheypushedthehorsetoagoodpaceandbegantorattlealongmerrilyinthedirectionofthetown.