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Chapter 31

           InamomentanewburstofgrieffromBeckyshowedTomthatthethinginhismindhadstruckhersalsothattheSabbathmorningmightbehalfspentbeforeMrs.ThatcherdiscoveredthatBeckywasnotatMrs.Harper’s. 

           Thechildrenfastenedtheireyesupontheirbitofcandleandwatcheditmeltslowlyandpitilesslyaway;sawthehalfinchofwickstandaloneatlast; sawthefeebleflameriseandfall,climbthethincolumnofsmoke,lingeratitstopamoment,andthenthehorrorofutterdarknessreigned! 

           HowlongafterwarditwasthatBeckycametoaslowconsciousnessthatshewascryinginTom’sarms,neithercouldtell. Allthattheyknewwas,thatafterwhatseemedamightystretchoftime,bothawokeoutofadeadstuporofsleepandresumedtheirmiseriesoncemore. TomsaiditmightbeSunday,nowmaybeMonday. HetriedtogetBeckytotalk,buthersorrowsweretoooppressive,allherhopesweregone. Tomsaidthattheymusthavebeenmissedlongago,andnodoubtthesearchwasgoingon. Hewouldshoutandmaybesomeonewouldcome. Hetriedit;butinthedarknessthedistantechoessoundedsohideouslythathetrieditnomore. 

           Thehourswastedaway,andhungercametotormentthecaptivesagain. AportionofTom’shalfofthecakewasleft;theydividedandateit. Buttheyseemedhungrierthanbefore. Thepoormorseloffoodonlywhetteddesire. 

           By-and-byTomsaid: 

           "SH!Didyouhearthat?" 

           Bothheldtheirbreathandlistened. Therewasasoundlikethefaintest,far-offshout. InstantlyTomansweredit,andleadingBeckybythehand,startedgropingdownthecorridorinitsdirection. Presentlyhelistenedagain; againthesoundwasheard,andapparentlyalittlenearer. 

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