"'Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie. 1. It seemed to emanate from the back of
the house. Fresh flowers of
loveliness have budded, expanded, died. Constance Widgett’s abundant copper-red hair was
bent down over some dimly remunerative work—stencilling in colors upon
rough, white material—at a kitchen table she had dragged up-stairs for the
purpose, while on her bed there was seated a slender lady of thirty or so in a
dingy green dress, whom Constance had introduced with a wave of her hand as
Miss Miniver. Something draws everybody. People ran out of their shops to join the pursuit; and, by
the time Wild had got into Field-lane, he had a troop of fifty persons at his heels
—all eager to assist in the capture. . When I have traversed the streets a houseless wanderer,
driven with curses from every door where I have solicited alms, and with blows
from every gateway where I have sought shelter,—when I have crept into some
deserted building, and stretched my wearied limbs upon a bulk, in the vain hope
of repose,—or, worse than all, when, frenzied with want, I have yielded to
horrible temptation, and earned a meal in the only way I could earn one,—when
I have felt, at times like these, my heart sink within me, I have drank of this
drink, and have at once forgotten my cares, my poverty, my guilt. Her canines had receded, but were still
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