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Chapter 43

           Asthechildcouldnotenduretheintolerablevapoursofthecabin,theycoveredher,inreturnforherexertions,withsomepiecesofsail-clothandendsoftarpaulin,whichsufficedtokeephertolerablydryandtoshelterhergrandfatherbesides.Asthedayadvancedtherainincreased.Atnoonitpoureddownmorehopelesslyandheavilythaneverwithoutthefaintestpromiseofabatement.

           Theyhad,forsometime,beengraduallyapproachingtheplaceforwhichtheywerebound.Thewaterhadbecomethickeranddirtier;otherbarges,comingfromit,passedthemfrequently;thepathsofcoal-ashandhutsofstaringbrick,markedthevicinityofsomegreatmanufacturingtown;whilescatteredstreetsandhouses,andsmokefromdistantfurnaces,indicatedthattheywerealreadyintheoutskirts.Now,theclusteredroofs,andpilesofbuildings,tremblingwiththeworkingofengines,anddimlyresoundingwiththeirshrieksandthrobbings;thetallchimneysvomitingforthablackvapour,whichhunginadenseill-favouredcloudabovethehousetopsandfilledtheairwithgloom;theclankofhammersbeatinguponiron,theroarofbusystreetsandnoisycrowds,graduallyaugmentinguntilallthevarioussoundsblendedintooneandnonewasdistinguishableforitself,announcedtheterminationoftheirjourney.

           Theboatfloatedintothewharftowhichitbelonged.Themenwereoccupieddirectly

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