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Suddenly a sound was heard  a loud rattle. It was from the bed and rang through the room, piercing the stillness. SUDDENLY A SOUND WAS HEARD A LOUD RATTLE IT WAS FROM THE BED AND RANG THROUGH THE MORNING PIERCING THE STILLNESS
odges. 'Yus, an' when 'e died they sent the coffin up. I didn't 'ave Mr. Footley at thet time; we didn't live 'ere then, we lived in Battersea, an' all our undertikin' was done by Mr. Brownin'; well, 'e sent the coffin up, an' we got my old man in, but we couldn't get the lid down, he was so swell up. Well, Mr. Brownin', 'e was a great big man, thirteen stone if 'e was a ounce. Well, 'e stood on the coffin, an' a young man 'e 'ad with 'im stood on it too, an' the lid simply wouldn't go dahn; so Mr. Browning', 'e said, "Jump on, missus," so I was in my widow's weeds, yer know, but we 'ad ter git it dahn, so I stood on it, an' we all jumped, an' at last we got it to, an' screwed it; but, lor', we did 'ave a job; I shall never forget it.' Then all was silence. And a heaviness seemed to fill the air like a grey blight, cold and suffocating; and the heaviness was Death. They felt the presence in the room, and they dared not move, they dared not draw their breath. The silence was terrifying. SWAT ME BOB IT DID DID IT INDEED EJACULATED MISSUS HOGS YES AND WHEN HE DIED THEY SENT THE COFFIN UP I DIDN'T HAVE MISTER FOOTLE AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T LIVE HERE THEN WE LIVED IN BATTERSEA AND ALL OUR UNDERTAKING WAS DONE BY MISTER BROWNING WELL HE SENT THE COFFIN UP WE GOT MY OLD MAN IN BUT WE COULDN'T GET THE LID DOWN HE WAS SO SWIFT WELL MISTER BROWNAN HE WAS A GREAT BIG MAN THIRTEEN STONE IF HE WAS AN OUNCE BUT HE STOOD ON THE COFFIN AND A YOUNG MAN HE HAD WITH HIM STOOD ON IT TOO AND THE LID SIMPLY WOULDN'T GO DOWN SO MISTER BROWNING HE SAID JUMP ON MISSUS SO I WAS IN MY WIDOW'S WEEDS YOU KNOW BUT WE HAD TO GET IT DOWN SO I STOOD ON IT WE ALL JUMPED AND AT LAST WE GOT THICK TO AND SCREWED IT BUT LAW WE DID OF A JOB I SHALL NEVER FORGET IT THEN ALL WAS SILENCE AND A HEAVINESS SEEMED TO FILL THE AIR LIKE A GREY BLIGHT COLD AND SUFFOCATING AND THE HEAVINESS WAS DEATH THEY FELT THE PRESENCE IN THE ROOM AND THEY DARED NOT MOVE THEY DARED NOT DRAW THEIR BREATH THE SILENCE WAS TERRIFYING
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