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The
little
speck
of
life
he
placed
on
a
wisp
of
hay
before
the
small
stove
,
where
a
can
of
milk
was
simmering
.
Oak
extinguished
the
lantern
by
blowing
into
it
and
then
pinching
the
snuff
,
the
cot
being
lighted
by
a
candle
suspended
by
a
twisted
wire
.
A
rather
hard
couch
,
formed
of
a
few
corn
sacks
thrown
carelessly
down
,
covered
half
the
floor
of
this
little
habitation
,
and
here
the
young
man
stretched
himself
along
,
loosened
his
woollen
cravat
,
and
closed
his
eyes
.
In
about
the
time
a
person
unaccustomed
to
bodily
labour
would
have
decided
upon
which
side
to
lie
,
Farmer
Oak
was
asleep
.
The
inside
of
the
hut
,
as
it
now
presented
itself
,
was
cosy
and
alluring
,
and
the
scarlet
handful
of
fire
in
addition
to
the
candle
,
reflecting
its
own
genial
colour
upon
whatever
it
could
reach
,
flung
associations
of
enjoyment
even
over
utensils
and
tools
.
In
the
corner
stood
the
sheep
-
crook
,
and
along
a
shelf
at
one
side
were
ranged
bottles
and
canisters
of
the
simple
preparations
pertaining
to
ovine
surgery
and
physic
;
spirits
of
wine
,
turpentine
,
tar
,
magnesia
,
ginger
,
and
castor
-
oil
being
the
chief
.
On
a
triangular
shelf
across
the
corner
stood
bread
,
bacon
,
cheese
,
and
a
cup
for
ale
or
cider
,
which
was
supplied
from
a
flagon
beneath
.
Beside
the
provisions
lay
the
flute
,
whose
notes
had
lately
been
called
forth
by
the
lonely
watcher
to
beguile
a
tedious
hour
.
The
house
was
ventilated
by
two
round
holes
,
like
the
lights
of
a
ship
’
s
cabin
,
with
wood
slides
.
The
lamb
,
revived
by
the
warmth
began
to
bleat
,
and
the
sound
entered
Gabriel
’
s
ears
and
brain
with
an
instant
meaning
,
as
expected
sounds
will
.
Passing
from
the
profoundest
sleep
to
the
most
alert
wakefulness
with
the
same
ease
that
had
accompanied
the
reverse
operation
,
he
looked
at
his
watch
,
found
that
the
hour
-
hand
had
shifted
again
,
put
on
his
hat
,
took
the
lamb
in
his
arms
,
and
carried
it
into
the
darkness
.
After
placing
the
little
creature
with
its
mother
,
he
stood
and
carefully
examined
the
sky
,
to
ascertain
the
time
of
night
from
the
altitudes
of
the
stars
.
The
Dog
-
star
and
Aldebaran
,
pointing
to
the
restless
Pleiades
,
were
half
-
way
up
the
Southern
sky
,
and
between
them
hung
Orion
,
which
gorgeous
constellation
never
burnt
more
vividly
than
now
,
as
it
soared
forth
above
the
rim
of
the
landscape
.
Castor
and
Pollux
with
their
quiet
shine
were
almost
on
the
meridian
:
the
barren
and
gloomy
Square
of
Pegasus
was
creeping
round
to
the
north
-
west
;
far
away
through
the
plantation
Vega
sparkled
like
a
lamp
suspended
amid
the
leafless
trees
,
and
Cassiopeia
’
s
chair
stood
daintily
poised
on
the
uppermost
boughs
.
"
One
o
’
clock
,
"
said
Gabriel
.
Being
a
man
not
without
a
frequent
consciousness
that
there
was
some
charm
in
this
life
he
led
,
he
stood
still
after
looking
at
the
sky
as
a
useful
instrument
,
and
regarded
it
in
an
appreciative
spirit
,
as
a
work
of
art
superlatively
beautiful
.
For
a
moment
he
seemed
impressed
with
the
speaking
loneliness
of
the
scene
,
or
rather
with
the
complete
abstraction
from
all
its
compass
of
the
sights
and
sounds
of
man
.
Human
shapes
,
interferences
,
troubles
,
and
joys
were
all
as
if
they
were
not
,
and
there
seemed
to
be
on
the
shaded
hemisphere
of
the
globe
no
sentient
being
save
himself
;
he
could
fancy
them
all
gone
round
to
the
sunny
side
.
Occupied
thus
,
with
eyes
stretched
afar
,
Oak
gradually
perceived
that
what
he
had
previously
taken
to
be
a
star
low
down
behind
the
outskirts
of
the
plantation
was
in
reality
no
such
thing
.
It
was
an
artificial
light
,
almost
close
at
hand
.
To
find
themselves
utterly
alone
at
night
where
company
is
desirable
and
expected
makes
some
people
fearful
;
but
a
case
more
trying
by
far
to
the
nerves
is
to
discover
some
mysterious
companionship
when
intuition
,
sensation
,
memory
,
analogy
,
testimony
,
probability
,
induction
—
every
kind
of
evidence
in
the
logician
’
s
list
—
have
united
to
persuade
consciousness
that
it
is
quite
in
isolation
.
