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Then the County Council found me, and gave me decent burial. It was the first grave that I had ever slept in. That very night my friends came for me. They dug me up and put me back again in the shallow hold in the mud. THEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOUND ME AND GAVE ME DECENT BURIAL IT WAS THE FIRST GRAVE THAT I HAD EVER SLEPT IN THAT VERY NIGHT MY FRIENDS CAME FOR ME THEY DUG ME UP AND PUT ME BACK AGAIN IN THE SHALLOW HOLD IN THE MUD
 again, and left me alone again with the callous mud among the forgotten things that drift no more, and with the sight of all those desolate houses, and with the knowledge among all of us that each was dead. In the mournful wall behind me, hung with green weeds, forsaken of the sea, dark tunnels appeared, and secret narrow passages that were clamped and barred. From these at last the stealthy rats came down to nibble me away, and my soul rejoiced thereat and believed that he would be free perforce from the accursed bones to which burial was refused. Very soon the rats ran away a little space and whispered among themselves. They never came any more. When I found that I was accursed even among the rats I tried to weep again. Then the tide came swinging back and covered the dreadful mud, and hid the desolate houses, and soothed the forgotten things, and my soul had ease for a while in the sepulture of the sea. And then the tide forsook me again. To and fro it came about me for many years. E EBB THE WATER FELL AGAIN AND LEFT ME ALONE AGAIN WITH THE CALLOUS MUD AMONG THE FORGOTTEN THINGS THAT DRIFT NO MORE AND WITH THE SIGHT OF ALL THOSE DESOLATE HOUSES AND WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AMONG ALL OF US THAT EACH WAS DEAD IN THE MOURNFUL WALL BEHIND ME HUNG WITH GREEN WEEDS FORSAKEN OF THE SEA DARK TUNNELS APPEARED AND SECRET NARROW PASSAGES THAT WERE CLAMPED AND BARRED FROM THESE AT LAST THE STEALTHY RATS CAME DOWN TO NIBBLE ME AWAY AND MY SOUL REJOICED THEREAT AND BELIEVED THAT HE WOULD BE FREE PERFORCE FROM THE ACCURSED BONES TO WHICH BURIAL WAS REFUSED VERY SOON THE RATS RAN AWAY A LITTLE SPACE AND WHISPERED AMONG THEMSELVES THEY NEVER CAME ANY MORE WHEN I FOUND THAT I WAS ACCURSED EVEN AMONG THE RATS I TRIED TO WEEP AGAIN THEN THE TIDE CAME SWINGING BACK AND COVERED THE DREADFUL MUD AND HID THE DESOLATE HOUSES AND SOOTHED THE FORGOTTEN THINGS AND MY SOUL HAD EASE FOR A WHILE IN THE SEPULCHRE OF THE SEA AND THEN THE TIDE FORSOOK ME AGAIN TO AND FRO IT CAME ABOUT ME FOR MANY YEARS
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