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Chapter 27

           Thesereflectionsdidnotremoveherownalarm,forshehadbeentoomuchterrifiedtobeeasilycomposed,andfeltasifshewerehemmedinbyalegionofQuilps,andtheveryairitselfwerefilledwiththem.

           ThedelightoftheNobilityandGentryandthepatronisedofRoyaltyhad,bysomeprocessofself-abridgmentknownonlytoherself,gotintohertravellingbed,whereshewassnoringpeacefully,whilethelargebonnet,carefullydisposeduponthedrum,wasrevealingitsgloriesbythelightofadimlampthatswungfromtheroof.Thechild’sbedwasalreadymadeuponthefloor,anditwasagreatcomforttohertohearthestepsremovedassoonasshehadentered,andtoknowthatalleasycommunicationbetweenpersonsoutsideandthebrassknockerwasbythismeanseffectuallyprevented.Certaingutturalsounds,too,whichfromtimetotimeascendedthroughthefloorofthecaravan,andarustlingofstrawinthesamedirection,apprisedherthatthedriverwascoucheduponthegroundbeneath,andgaveheranadditionalfeelingofsecurity.

           Notwithstandingtheseprotections,shecouldgetnonebutbrokensleepbyfitsandstartsallnight,forfearofQuilp,whothroughoutheruneasydreamswassomehowconnectedwiththewax-work,orwaswax-workhimself,orwasMrsJarleyandwax-worktoo,orwashimself,MrsJarley,wax-work,andabarrelorganallinone,andyetnotexactlyanyofthemeither.Atlength,towardsbreakofday,thatdeepsleepcameuponherwhichsucceedstowearinessandover-watching,andwhichhasnoconsciousnessbutoneofoverpoweringandirresistibleenjoyment.

           

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