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Again and again through the years my bones found burial, but always behind the funeral lurked one of those terrible men who, as soon as night fell, came and dug them up and carried them back again to the hole in the mud. AGAIN AND AGAIN THROUGH THE YEARS MY BONES FOUND BURIAL BUT ALWAYS BEHIND THE FUNERAL LURKED ONE OF THOSE TERRIBLE MEN WHO AS SOON AS NIGHT FELL CAME AND DUG THEM UP AND CARRIED THEM BACK AGAIN TO THE HOLE IN THE MUD
nful 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. 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.  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 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
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