Chapter 31. Closed

           

           Thesunhadset,andthestreetswerediminthedustytwilight,whenthefiguresolongunusedtothemhurriedonitsway.Intheimmediateneighbourhoodoftheoldhouseitattractedlittleattention,fortherewereonlyafewstragglingpeopletonoticeit;but,ascendingfromtheriverbythecrookedwaysthatledtoLondonBridge,andpassingintothegreatmainroad,itbecamesurroundedbyastonishment.

           Resoluteandwildoflook,rapidoffootandyetweakanduncertain,conspicuouslydressedinitsblackgarmentsandwithitshurriedhead-covering,gauntandofanunearthlypaleness,itpressedforward,takingnomoreheedofthethrongthanasleep-walker.Moreremarkablebybeingsoremovedfromthecrowditwasamongthanifithadbeenliftedonapedestaltobeseen,thefigureattractedalleyes.Saunterersprickeduptheirattentiontoobserveit;busypeople,crossingit,slackenedtheirpaceandturnedtheirheads;companionspausingandstandingaside,whisperedoneanothertolookatthisspectralwomanwhowascomingby;andthesweepofthefigureasitpassedseemedtocreateavortex,drawingthemostidleandmostcuriousafterit.

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