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Lower and Lower

           Sparsit’slimpandstreamingstate,noextensiveprecautionswerenecessarytochangeherusualappearance;but,shestoppedundertheleeofthestationwall,tumbledhershawlintoanewshape,andputitonoverherbonnet.Sodisguisedshehadnofearofbeingrecognizedwhenshefolloweduptherailroadsteps,andpaidhermoneyinthesmalloffice.Louisasatwaitinginacorner.Mrs.Sparsitsatwaitinginanothercorner.Bothlistenedtothethunder,whichwasloud,andtotherain,asitwashedofftheroof,andpatteredontheparapetsofthearches.Twoorthreelampswererainedoutandblownout;so,bothsawthelightningtoadvantageasitquiveredandzigzaggedontheirontracks.

           Theseizureofthestationwithafitoftrembling,graduallydeepeningtoacomplaintoftheheart,announcedthetrain.Fireandsteam,andsmoke,andredlight;ahiss,acrash,abell,andashriek;Louisaputintoonecarriage,Mrs.Sparsitputintoanother:thelittlestationadesertspeckinthethunderstorm.

           Thoughherteethchatteredinherheadfromwetandcold,Mrs.Sparsitexultedhugely.Thefigurehadplungeddowntheprecipice,andshefeltherself,asitwere,attendingonthebody.Couldshe,whohadbeensoactiveinthegettingupofthefuneraltriumph,dolessthanexult?‘ShewillbeatCoketownlongbeforehim,’thoughtMrs.Sparsit,‘thoughhishorseisneversogood.Wherewillshewaitforhim?Andwherewilltheygotogether?Patience.Weshallsee.’

           Thetremendousrainoccasionedinfiniteconfusion,whenthetrainstoppedatitsdestination

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