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Lower and Lower

           Guttersandpipeshadburst,drainshadoverflowed,andstreetswereunderwater.Inthefirstinstantofalighting,Mrs.Sparsitturnedherdistractedeyestowardsthewaitingcoaches,whichwereingreatrequest.‘Shewillgetintoone,’sheconsidered,‘andwillbeawaybeforeIcanfollowinanother.Atallrisksofbeingrunover,Imustseethenumber,andheartheordergiventothecoachman.’

           But,Mrs.Sparsitwaswronginhercalculation.Louisagotintonocoach,andwasalreadygone.Theblackeyeskeptupontherailroad-carriageinwhichshehadtravelled,settleduponitamomenttoolate.Thedoornotbeingopenedafterseveralminutes,Mrs.Sparsitpasseditandrepassedit,sawnothing,lookedin,andfounditempty.Wetthroughandthrough:withherfeetsquelchingandsquashinginhershoeswhenevershemoved;witharashofrainuponherclassicalvisage;withabonnetlikeanover-ripefig;withallherclothesspoiled;withdampimpressionsofeverybutton,string,andhook-and-eyeshewore,printedoffuponherhighlyconnectedback;withastagnantverdureonhergeneralexterior,suchasaccumulatesonanoldparkfenceinamouldylane;Mrs.Sparsithadnoresourcebuttoburstintotearsofbitternessandsay,‘Ihavelosther!’

           

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