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The
flakes
fell
fast
and
thick
,
soon
covering
the
ground
some
inches
deep
,
and
spreading
abroad
a
solemn
stillness
.
The
rolling
wheels
were
noiseless
,
and
the
sharp
ring
and
clatter
of
the
horses
’
hoofs
,
became
a
dull
,
muffled
tramp
.
The
life
of
their
progress
seemed
to
be
slowly
hushed
,
and
something
death
-
like
to
usurp
its
place
.
Shading
his
eyes
from
the
falling
snow
,
which
froze
upon
their
lashes
and
obscured
his
sight
,
Kit
often
tried
to
catch
the
earliest
glimpse
of
twinkling
lights
,
denoting
their
approach
to
some
not
distant
town
.
He
could
descry
objects
enough
at
such
times
,
but
none
correctly
.
Now
,
a
tall
church
spire
appeared
in
view
,
which
presently
became
a
tree
,
a
barn
,
a
shadow
on
the
ground
,
thrown
on
it
by
their
own
bright
lamps
.
Now
,
there
were
horsemen
,
foot
-
passengers
,
carriages
,
going
on
before
,
or
meeting
them
in
narrow
ways
;
which
,
when
they
were
close
upon
them
,
turned
to
shadows
too
.
A
wall
,
a
ruin
,
a
sturdy
gable
end
,
would
rise
up
in
the
road
;
and
,
when
they
were
plunging
headlong
at
it
,
would
be
the
road
itself
.
Strange
turnings
too
,
bridges
,
and
sheets
of
water
,
appeared
to
start
up
here
and
there
,
making
the
way
doubtful
and
uncertain
;
and
yet
they
were
on
the
same
bare
road
,
and
these
things
,
like
the
others
,
as
they
were
passed
,
turned
into
dim
illusions
.
He
descended
slowly
from
his
seat
—
for
his
limbs
were
numbed
—
when
they
arrived
at
a
lone
posting
-
house
,
and
inquired
how
far
they
had
to
go
to
reach
their
journey
’
s
end
.
It
was
a
late
hour
in
such
by
-
places
,
and
the
people
were
abed
;
but
a
voice
answered
from
an
upper
window
,
Ten
miles
.
The
ten
minutes
that
ensued
appeared
an
hour
;
but
at
the
end
of
that
time
,
a
shivering
figure
led
out
the
horses
they
required
,
and
after
another
brief
delay
they
were
again
in
motion
.
It
was
a
cross
-
country
road
,
full
,
after
the
first
three
or
four
miles
,
of
holes
and
cart
-
ruts
,
which
,
being
covered
by
the
snow
,
were
so
many
pitfalls
to
the
trembling
horses
,
and
obliged
them
to
keep
a
footpace
.
As
it
was
next
to
impossible
for
men
so
much
agitated
as
they
were
by
this
time
,
to
sit
still
and
move
so
slowly
,
all
three
got
out
and
plodded
on
behind
the
carriage
.
The
distance
seemed
interminable
,
and
the
walk
was
most
laborious
.
As
each
was
thinking
within
himself
that
the
driver
must
have
lost
his
way
,
a
church
bell
,
close
at
hand
,
struck
the
hour
of
midnight
,
and
the
carriage
stopped
.
It
had
moved
softly
enough
,
but
when
it
ceased
to
crunch
the
snow
,
the
silence
was
as
startling
as
if
some
great
noise
had
been
replaced
by
perfect
stillness
.
‘
This
is
the
place
,
gentlemen
,
’
said
the
driver
,
dismounting
from
his
horse
,
and
knocking
at
the
door
of
a
little
inn
.
‘
Halloa
!
Past
twelve
o
’
clock
is
the
dead
of
night
here
.
’
The
knocking
was
loud
and
long
,
but
it
failed
to
rouse
the
drowsy
inmates
.
All
continued
dark
and
silent
as
before
.
They
fell
back
a
little
,
and
looked
up
at
the
windows
,
which
were
mere
black
patches
in
the
whitened
house
front
.
No
light
appeared
.
The
house
might
have
been
deserted
,
or
the
sleepers
dead
,
for
any
air
of
life
it
had
about
it
.
They
spoke
together
with
a
strange
inconsistency
,
in
whispers
;
unwilling
to
disturb
again
the
dreary
echoes
they
had
just
now
raised
.
‘
Let
us
go
on
,
’
said
the
younger
brother
,
‘
and
leave
this
good
fellow
to
wake
them
,
if
he
can
.
I
cannot
rest
until
I
know
that
we
are
not
too
late
.
Let
us
go
on
,
in
the
name
of
Heaven
!
’
They
did
so
,
leaving
the
postilion
to
order
such
accommodation
as
the
house
afforded
,
and
to
renew
his
knocking
.
Kit
accompanied
them
with
a
little
bundle
,
which
he
had
hung
in
the
carriage
when
they
left
home
,
and
had
not
forgotten
since
—
the
bird
in
his
old
cage
—
just
as
she
had
left
him
.
She
would
be
glad
to
see
her
bird
,
he
knew
.
