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A Wintry Day and Night

           "Hisformalarrayofwordsmighthaveatanyothertime,asithasoftenhad,somethingludicrousinit,butatthistimeitisseriousandaffecting.Hisnobleearnestness,hisfidelity,hisgallantshieldingofher,hisgenerousconquestofhisownwrongandhisownprideforhersake,aresimplyhonourable,manly,andtrue.Nothinglessworthycanbeseenthroughthelustreofsuchqualitiesinthecommonestmechanic,nothinglessworthycanbeseeninthebest-borngentleman.Insuchalightbothaspirealike,bothrisealike,bothchildrenofthedustshineequally.Overpoweredbyhisexertions,helayshisheadbackonhispillowsandcloseshiseyesfornotmorethanaminute,whenheagainresumeshiswatchingoftheweatherandhisattentiontothemuffledsounds.Intherenderingofthoselittleservices,andinthemanneroftheiracceptance,thetrooperhasbecomeinstalledasnecessarytohim.Nothinghasbeensaid,butitisquiteunderstood.Hefallsasteportwobackwardtobeoutofsightandmountsguardalittlebehindhismother’schair.Thedayisnowbeginningtodecline.Themistandthesleetintowhichthesnowhasallresolveditselfaredarker,andtheblazebeginstotellmorevividlyupontheroomwallsandfurniture.Thegloomaugments;thebrightgasspringsupinthestreets;andthepertinaciousoillampswhichyetholdtheirgroundthere,withtheirsourceoflifehalffrozenandhalfthawed,twinklegaspinglylikefieryfishoutofwaterastheyare.

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