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Chapter 31. Closed

           Sturdydigging,andshovelling,andcarryingaway,incarts,barrows,andbaskets,wentonwithoutintermission,bynightandbyday;butitwasnightforthesecondtimewhentheyfoundthedirtyheapofrubbishthathadbeentheforeignerbeforehisheadhadbeenshiveredtoatoms,likesomuchglass,bythegreatbeamthatlayuponhim,crushinghim.

           Still,theyhadnotcomeuponFlintwinchyet;sothesturdydiggingandshovellingandcarryingawaywentonwithoutintermissionbynightandbyday.Itgotaboutthattheoldhousehadhadfamouscellarage(whichindeedwastrue),andthatFlintwinchhadbeeninacellaratthemoment,orhadhadtimetoescapeintoone,andthathewassafeunderitsstrongarch,andeventhathehadbeenheardtocry,inhollow,subterranean,suffocatednotes,‘HereIam!’Attheoppositeextremityofthetownitwasevenknownthattheexcavatorshadbeenabletoopenacommunicationwithhimthroughapipe,andthathehadreceivedbothsoupandbrandybythatchannel,andthathehadsaidwithadmirablefortitudethathewasAllright,mylads,withtheexceptionofhiscollar-bone.Butthediggingandshovellingandcarryingawaywentonwithoutintermission,untiltheruinswerealldugout,andthecellarsopenedtothelight;andstillnoFlintwinch,livingordead,allrightorallwrong,hadbeenturnedupbypickorspade

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