Flight

           InspectorBucketoftheDetectivehasnotyetstruckhisgreatblow,asjustnowchronicled,butisyetrefreshinghimselfwithsleeppreparatorytohisfield-day,whenthroughthenightandalongthefreezingwintryroadsachaiseandpaircomesoutofLincolnshire,makingitswaytowardsLondon.Railroadsshallsoontraverseallthiscountry,andwitharattleandaglaretheengineandtrainshallshootlikeameteoroverthewidenight-landscape,turningthemoonpaler;butasyetsuchthingsarenon-existentintheseparts,thoughnotwhollyunexpected.Preparationsareafoot,measurementsaremade,groundisstakedout.Bridgesarebegun,andtheirnotyetunitedpiersdesolatelylookatoneanotheroverroadsandstreamslikebrickandmortarcoupleswithanobstacletotheirunion;fragmentsofembankmentsarethrownupandleftasprecipiceswithtorrentsofrustycartsandbarrowstumblingoverthem;tripodsoftallpolesappearonhilltops,wheretherearerumoursoftunnels;everythinglookschaoticandabandonedinfullhopelessness.Alongthefreezingroads,andthroughthenight,thepost-chaisemakesitswaywithoutarailroadonitsmind.Mrs.Rouncewell,somanyyearshousekeeperatChesneyWold,sitswithinthechaise;andbyhersidesitsMrs.Bagnetwithhergreycloakandumbrella.Theoldgirlwouldpreferthebarinfront,asbeingexposedtotheweatherandaprimitivesortofperchmoreinaccordancewithherusualcourseoftravelling,butMrs.Rouncewellistoothoughtfulofhercomforttoadmitofherproposingit.Theoldladycannotmakeenoughoftheoldgirl.

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