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"He only sinned against Man," they said; "it is not our quarrel." "Let us be kind to him," they said. HE ONLY SINNED AGAINST MAN THEY SAID IT IS NOT OUR QUARREL LET US BE KIND TO HIM THEY SAID
certain that London was passing away. Then I hoped once more, and all along both banks of the river there was anger among the lost things that anything should dare to hope upon the forsaken mud. Gradually the horrible houses crumbled, until the poor dead things that never had had life got decent burial among the weeds and moss. At last the may appeared and the convolvulus. Finally, the wild rose stood up over mounds that had been wharves and warehouses. Then I knew that the cause of Nature had triumphed, and London had passed away. The last man in London came to the wall by the river, in an ancient cloak that was one of those that once my friends had worn, and peered over the edge to see that I still was there. Then he went, and I never saw men again: they had passed away with London. A few days after the last man had gone the birds came into London, all the birds that sing. When they first saws me they all looked sideways at me, then they went away a little and spoke among themselves. TIL I BECAME CERTAIN THAT LONDON WAS PASSING AWAY THEN I HOPED ONCE MORE AND ALL ALONG BOTH BANKS OF THE RIVER THERE WAS ANGER AMONG THE LOST THINGS THAT ANYTHING SHOULD DARE TO HOPE UPON THE FORSAKEN MUD GRADUALLY THE HORRIBLE HOUSES CRUMBLED UNTIL THE POOR DEAD THINGS THAT NEVER HAD HAD LIFE GOT DECENT BURIAL AMONG THE WEEDS AND MOSS AT LAST THE MAY APPEARED AND THE CONVAL VIEWLESS FINALLY THE WILD ROSE STOOD UP OVER THE MOUNDS THAT HAD BEEN WHARVES AND WAREHOUSES THEN I KNEW THAT THE CAUSE OF NATURE HAD TRIUMPHED AND LONDON HAD PASSED AWAY THE LAST MAN IN LONDON CAME TO THE WALL BY THE RIVER IN AN ANCIENT CLOAK THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT ONCE MY FRIENDS HAD WORN AND PEERED OVER THE EDGE TO SEE THAT I WAS STILL THERE THEN HE WENT AND I NEVER SAW MEN AGAIN THEY HAD PASSED AWAY WITH LONDON A FEW DAYS AFTER THE LAST MAN HAD GONE THE BIRDS CAME INTO LONDON ALL THE BIRDS THAT SING WHEN THEY FIRST SAW ME THEY ALL LOOKED SIDEWAYS AT ME THEN THEY WENT AWAY A LITTLE AND SPOKE AMONG THEMSELVES
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