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           Ittooktheformofathreat.WheneveraCoketownerfelthewasill-usedthatistosay,wheneverhewasnotleftentirelyalone,anditwasproposedtoholdhimaccountablefortheconsequencesofanyofhisactshewassuretocomeoutwiththeawfulmenace,thathewould‘soonerpitchhispropertyintotheAtlantic.’ThishadterrifiedtheHomeSecretarywithinaninchofhislife,onseveraloccasions.

           However,theCoketownersweresopatrioticafterall,thattheyneverhadpitchedtheirpropertyintotheAtlanticyet,but,onthecontrary,hadbeenkindenoughtotakemightygoodcareofit.Sothereitwas,inthehazeyonder;anditincreasedandmultiplied.

           Thestreetswerehotanddustyonthesummerday,andthesunwassobrightthatitevenshonethroughtheheavyvapourdroopingoverCoketown,andcouldnotbelookedatsteadily.Stokersemergedfromlowundergrounddoorwaysintofactoryyards,andsatonsteps,andposts,andpalings,wipingtheirswarthyvisages,andcontemplatingcoals.Thewholetownseemedtobefryinginoil.Therewasastiflingsmellofhotoileverywhere.Thesteam-enginesshonewithit,thedressesoftheHandsweresoiledwithit,themillsthroughouttheirmanystoriesoozedandtrickledit.TheatmosphereofthoseFairypalaceswaslikethebreathofthesimoom:andtheirinhabitants,wastingwithheat,toiledlanguidlyinthedesert.Butnotemperaturemadethemelancholymadelephantsmoremadormoresane.

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