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The Starlight

           Shecouldnotbeartoremainawayfromitanylongeritwaslikedesertinghimandshehurriedswiftlyback,accompaniedbyhalf-a-dozenlabourers,includingthedrunkenmanwhomthenewshadsobered,andwhowasthebestmanofall.WhentheycametotheOldHellShaft,theyfounditaslonelyasshehadleftit.Themencalledandlistenedasshehaddone,andexaminedtheedgeofthechasm,andsettledhowithadhappened,andthensatdowntowaituntiltheimplementstheywantedshouldcomeup.

           Everysoundofinsectsintheair,everystirringoftheleaves,everywhisperamongthesemen,madeSissytremble,forshethoughtitwasacryatthebottomofthepit.Butthewindblewidlyoverit,andnosoundarosetothesurface,andtheysatuponthegrass,waitingandwaiting.Aftertheyhadwaitedsometime,stragglingpeoplewhohadheardoftheaccidentbegantocomeup;thentherealhelpofimplementsbegantoarrive.Inthemidstofthis,Rachaelreturned;andwithherpartytherewasasurgeon,whobroughtsomewineandmedicines.But,theexpectationamongthepeoplethatthemanwouldbefoundalivewasveryslightindeed.

           Therebeingnowpeopleenoughpresenttoimpedethework,thesoberedmanputhimselfattheheadoftherest,orwasputtherebythegeneralconsent,andmadealargeringroundtheOldHellShaft,andappointedmentokeepit.Besidessuchvolunteersaswereacceptedtowork,onlySissyandRachaelwereatfirstpermittedwithinthisring;but,laterintheday,whenthemessagebroughtanexpressfromCoketown,Mr.

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