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Jim turned away with a look of intense weariness on his face, and the two women began weeping silently. The darkness was sinking before the day, and a dim, grey light came through the window. The lamp spluttered out. JIM TURNED AWAY WITH A LOOK OF INTENSE WEARINESS ON HIS FACE AND THE TWO WOMEN BEGAN WEEPING SOB THE DARKNESS WAS SINKING BEFORE THE DAWN AND A DIM GREY LIGHT CAME THROUGH THE WINDOW THE LAMP SPLUTTERED OUT
uldn'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. Suddenly a sound was heard--a loud rattle. It was from the bed and rang through the room, piercing the stillness. The doctor opened one of Liza's eyes and touched it, then he laid on her breast the hand he had been holding, and drew the sheet over her head.  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 SUDDENLY A SOUND WAS HEARD A LOUD RATTLE IT WAS FROM THE BED AND RANG THROUGH THE MORNING PIERCING THE STILLNESS THE DOCTOR OPENED ONE OF LIZA'S EYES AND TOUCHED IT THEN HE LAY ON HER BREAST THE HAND HE HAD BEEN HOLDING AND WITHDREW THE SHEET OVER HER HEAD
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