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Chapter 8

           Iglanceddownatthefootfromwhichtheshoewasabsent,andsawthatthesilkstockingonit,oncewhite,nowyellow,hadbeentroddenragged.Withoutthisarrestofeverything,thisstandingstillofallthepaledecayedobjects,noteventhewitheredbridaldressonthecollapsedformcouldhavelookedsolikegrave-clothes,orthelongveilsolikeashroud.

           Soshesat,corpse-like,asweplayedatcards;thefrillingsandtrimmingsonherbridaldress,lookinglikeearthypaper.Iknewnothingthenofthediscoveriesthatareoccasionallymadeofbodiesburiedinancienttimes,whichfalltopowderinthemomentofbeingdistinctlyseen;but,Ihaveoftenthoughtsince,thatshemusthavelookedasiftheadmissionofthenaturallightofdaywouldhavestruckhertodust.

           "HecallstheknavesJacks,thisboy!"saidEstellawithdisdain,beforeourfirstgamewasout."Andwhatcoarsehandshehas!Andwhatthickboots!"

           Ihadneverthoughtofbeingashamedofmyhandsbefore;butIbegantoconsiderthemaveryindifferentpair.Hercontemptformewassostrong,thatitbecameinfectious,andIcaughtit.

           Shewonthegame,andIdealt.Imisdealt,aswasonlynatural,whenIknewshewaslyinginwaitformetodowrong;andshedenouncedmeforastupid,clumsylaboring-boy.

           "Yousaynothingofher,"remarkedMissHavishamtome,asshelookedon."Shesaysmanyhardthingsofyou,butyousaynothingofher.

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