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XXXVI. Wealth in Jeopardy—The Revel

           Here,underthetable,andleaningagainstformsandchairsineveryconceivableattitudeexcepttheperpendicular,werethewretchedpersonsofallthework-folk,thehairoftheirheadsatsuchlowlevelsbeingsuggestiveofmopsandbrooms.InthemidstoftheseshoneredanddistinctthefigureofSergeantTroy,leaningbackinachair.Cogganwasonhisback,withhismouthopen,huzzingforthsnores,aswereseveralothers;theunitedbreathingsofthehorizonalassemblageformingasubduedroarlikeLondonfromadistance.JosephPoorgrasswascurledroundinthefashionofahedge-hog,apparentlyinattemptstopresenttheleastpossibleportionofhissurfacetotheair;andbehindhimwasdimlyvisibleanunimportantremnantofWilliamSmallbury.Theglassesandcupsstillstooduponthetable,awater-jugbeingoverturned,fromwhichasmallrill,aftertracingitscoursewithmarvellousprecisiondownthecentreofthelongtable,fellintotheneckoftheunconsciousMarkClark,inasteady,monotonousdrip,likethedrippingofastalactiteinacave.

           Gabrielglancedhopelesslyatthegroup,which,withoneortwoexceptions,composedalltheable-bodiedmenuponthefarm.Hesawatoncethatifthericksweretobesavedthatnight,oreventhenextmorning,hemustsavethemwithhisownhands.

           Afaint"ting-ting"resoundedfromunderCoggan’swaistcoat.ItwasCoggan’swatchstrikingthehouroftwo.

           OakwenttotherecumbentformofMatthewMoon,whousuallyundertooktheroughthatchingofthehome-stead,andshookhim.Theshakingwaswithouteffect.

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