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Worn

out

,

indeed

,

I

was

;

not

another

step

could

I

stir

.

I

sank

on

the

wet

doorstep

:

I

groaned

--

I

wrung

my

hands

--

I

wept

in

utter

anguish

.

Oh

,

this

spectre

of

death

!

Oh

,

this

last

hour

,

approaching

in

such

horror

!

Alas

,

this

isolation

--

this

banishment

from

my

kind

!

Not

only

the

anchor

of

hope

,

but

the

footing

of

fortitude

was

gone

--

at

least

for

a

moment

;

but

the

last

I

soon

endeavoured

to

regain

.

"

I

can

but

die

,

"

I

said

,

"

and

I

believe

in

God

.

Let

me

try

to

wait

His

will

in

silence

.

"

These

words

I

not

only

thought

,

but

uttered

;

and

thrusting

back

all

my

misery

into

my

heart

,

I

made

an

effort

to

compel

it

to

remain

there

--

dumb

and

still

.

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"

All

men

must

die

,

"

said

a

voice

quite

close

at

hand

;

"

but

all

are

not

condemned

to

meet

a

lingering

and

premature

doom

,

such

as

yours

would

be

if

you

perished

here

of

want

.

"

"

Who

or

what

speaks

?

"

I

asked

,

terrified

at

the

unexpected

sound

,

and

incapable

now

of

deriving

from

any

occurrence

a

hope

of

aid

.

A

form

was

near

--

what

form

,

the

pitch-dark

night

and

my

enfeebled

vision

prevented

me

from

distinguishing

.

With

a

loud

long

knock

,

the

new-comer

appealed

to

the

door

.

"

Is

it

you

,

Mr.

St.

John

?

"

cried

Hannah

.

"

Yes

--

yes

;

open

quickly

.

"

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"

Well

,

how

wet

and

cold

you

must

be

,

such

a

wild

night

as

it

is

!

Come

in

--

your

sisters

are

quite

uneasy

about

you

,

and

I

believe

there

are

bad

folks

about

.

There

has

been

a

beggar-woman

--

I

declare

she

is

not

gone

yet

!

--

laid

down

there

.

Get

up

!

for

shame

!

Move

off

,

I

say

!

"

"

Hush

,

Hannah

!

I

have

a

word

to

say

to

the

woman

.

You

have

done

your

duty

in

excluding

,

now

let

me

do

mine

in

admitting

her

.

I

was

near

,

and

listened

to

both

you

and

her

.

I

think

this

is

a

peculiar

case

--

I

must

at

least

examine

into

it

.

Young

woman

,

rise

,

and

pass

before

me

into

the

house

.

"

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