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Part II
"Thenhestartedhisdescription:
"Intheearlyhours,lightbreezesblowthroughthetown,whichisstillempty.Atthistime,betweenthelasttodieatnightandthefirstdeadoftheday,itseemsasthoughtheplaguerelaxesitseffortsforamomentandpausesforbreath.Alltheshopsareshut,butonsomeofthemthesign"Closedbecauseofplague",showsthattheywillnotbeopeningwiththerest,attheusualtime.Newspapersellers,stillasleep,arenotshoutingthenews,butsitwiththeirbackstothewallonstreetcornersandoffertheirwarestothestreetlampswiththegesturesofsleepwalkers.Soon,wokenbythefirsttrams,theywillspreadacrossthewholetown,holdingoutatarm’slengthsheetsfromwhichtheword"plague"leapsout."Willtherebeanautumnofplague?ProfessorBanswers:"No’","Onehundredandtwenty-fourdead:thetotalfortheninety-fourthdayoftheplague.
