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III. The Custom of the Country

           Nostrilsweredarkwells;sinewsinoldnecksweregiltmouldings;thingswithnoparticularpolishonthemwereglazed;brightobjects,suchasthetipofafurze-hookoneofthemencarried,wereasglass;eyeballsglowedlikelittlelanterns.ThosewhomNaturehaddepictedasmerelyquaintbecamegrotesque,thegrotesquebecamepreternatural;forallwasinextremity.

           Henceitmaybethatthefaceofanoldman,whohadlikeothersbeencalledtotheheightsbytherisingflames,wasnotreallythemerenoseandchinthatitappearedtobe,butanappreciablequantityofhumancountenance.Hestoodcomplacentlysunninghimselfintheheat.Withaspeaker,orstake,hetossedtheoutlyingscrapsoffuelintotheconflagration,lookingatthemidstofthepile,occasionallyliftinghiseyestomeasuretheheightoftheflame,ortofollowthegreatsparkswhichrosewithitandsailedawayintodarkness.Thebeamingsight,andthepenetratingwarmth,seemedtobreedinhimacumulativecheerfulness,whichsoonamountedtodelight.Withhisstickinhishandhebegantojigaprivateminuet,abunchofcoppersealsshiningandswinginglikeapendulumfromunderhiswaistcoat:healsobegantosing,inthevoiceofabeeupaflue—

           “Theking’call’ddown’hisno-blesall’,

           Byone’,bytwo’,bythree’;

           EarlMar’-shal,I’ll’goshrive’-thequeen’,

           Andthou’shaltwend’withme’.

           “Aboon’,aboon’,quothEarl’Mar-shal’,

           Andfell’onhisbend’-dedknee’,

           Thatwhat’-so-e’er’thequeen’shallsay’,

           Noharm’there-of’maybe’.

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