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&hanoarosewhichthrewthepairooaiainshortofsubjects;pupilswereeager,anditartofthisteacher'spretensionstobealwayswellsupplied.AtthesametimethereewsofaburialiicgraveyardofGleimehaslittlegedtheplaquestion.Itstoodthen,asnow,uponacrossroad,outofanhabitations,ahomdeepinthefoliageofsixcedartrees.Thecriesofthesheepupontheneighbhills,thestreamletsupoherhand,oneloudlysingingamoherdrippingfurtivelyfrompondtopoirofthewindinmountainousuts,andonsevendaysthevoiceofthebellauor,weretheonlysoundsthatdisturbedthesileheruralchurch.TheResurrean—touseabyheperiod—waserredbyaiesofarypiety.Itartofhistradetodespiseahesdtrumpetsofoldtombs,thepathsworofworshippersahesaionsofbereavedaffe.Torustieighbourhoods,whereloveismorethanonlytenadwheresomebondsofbloodorfellowshipuiresocietyofaparish,thebody-snatcher,farfrombeiuralrespect,wasattractedbytheeaseahetask.Tobodiesthathadbeenlaidih,iionofafardiffereherecamethathasty,lamp-lit,terror-hauionofthespadeandmattock.Thewasforced,thetstorn,andthemelancholyrelics,sackclrattledforhoursonmoonlessbyways,wereatleouttermostindignitiesbeforeaclassofgapingboys.
&wovulturesmayswoopuponadyinglamb,FettesandMaeweretobeletlooseupogreeihewifeofafarmer,awomanwhohadlivedforsixtyyears,andbeenknbutgodlyversation,wastoberraveatmidnightandcarried,deadahatfar-awaycitythatshehadalwayshohherSunday'sbest;theplacebesideherfamilywastobeemptytillthe;heriandalmostveobeexposedtothatlastcuriosityoftheanatomist.
&erforth,edindfurhaformidablebottle.Itrairemission—ase,lashingrain.Nowandagaintherebleuffofwind,butthesesheetsoffallidown.Bottleandall,itwasasadadriveasfarasPenicuik,wheretheyweretospeheystoppedoohidetheirimplementsinathiotfarfromthechurdotheFisher'sTryst,tohaveatoastbeforethekitfireandvarytheirnipsofwhiskywithaglassofale.Wheheirjourney'sendthegigwashoused,thehorsewasfedandforted,awoyoungdoaprivateroomsatdowdihebestwihehouseafforded.Thelights,thefire,thebeatingrainuponthewindow,thegruousworkthatlaybeforethem,addedzesttotheirehemeal.Witheveryglasstheircordialityinaehalepileofgoldtohispanion.
"Aent,"hesaid."Betweeheselittleaodationsoughttoflylikepipe-lights."
&edthemoney,andapplaudedtheseheecho."Youareaphilosopher,"hecried."IwasanasstillIknewyou.Youaweenyou,bytheLordHarry!butyou'llmakeama;
"Ofcourseweshall,"applaudedMae."Aman?Itellyou,itrequiredamantobackmeupthe.Therearesomebig,brawling,forty-year-oldcoouldhaveturthelookofthed-dthing;butnotyou—youkeptyourhead.Iwatchedyou."
"Well,andwhynot?"Fettesthusvau;ItwasnoaffairofmihingtogainodisturbantheotherItratitude,don'tyousee?"Andheslappedhispockettillthegoldpieg.
Maesomehowfeltatouattheseuwords.Hemayhaveregrettedthathehadtaughthisyoungpanionsosuccessfully,buthehaderfere,fortheothernoisilyuedinthisboastfulstrain:
&quisnottobeafraid.weenyouandme,Idon'twanttohang—that'spractical;butforallt,Mae,Iwasbornt.Hell,God,Devil,right,wrong,sin,dalltheoldgalleryofcuriosities—theymayfrightenboys,butmenoftheworld,likeyouaheHere'stothememray!"
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