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Upon one's ears that at this late hour have become very acute there hits the tap of a remote footfall. Louder and louder grow the taps, filling the whole night. And a black cloaked figure passes by, and goes tapping into the dark. UPON ONE'S EARS THAT AT THIS LATE HOUR HAVE BECOME VERY ACUTE THERE HITS THE TAP OF A REMOTE FOOTFALL LOUDER AND LOUDER GROW THE TAPS FILLING THE WHOLE NIGHT AND A BLACK CLOAKED FIGURE PASSES BY AND GOES TAPPING INTO THE DARK
p from the bones in the hole in the mud and began to climb heavenwards. And it seemed that a lane-way opened amongst the wings of the birds, and it went up and up, and one of the smaller gates of Paradise stood ajar at the end of it. And then I knew by a sign that the mud should receive me no more, for suddenly I found that I could weep. At this moment I opened my eyes in bed in a house in London, and outside some sparrows were twittering in a tree in the light of the radiant morning; and there were tears still wet upon my face, for one's restraint is feeble while one sleeps. But I arose and opened the window wide, and stretching my hands out over the little garden, I blessed the birds whose song had woken me up from the troubled and terrible centuries of my dream. BETHMOORA There is a faint freshness in the London night as though some strayed reveler of a breeze had left his comrades in the Kentish uplands and had entered the town by stealth. The pavements are a little damp and shiny.  BETH MORAP OF A DREAMER'S TALES BY LORD DUNSANI THIS LEVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN THERE IS A FAINT FRESHNESS IN THE LONDON NIGHT AS THOUGH SOME STRAYED REVELLER OF A BREEZE HAD LEFT HIS COMRADES IN THE KENTISH UPLANDS AND HAD ENTERED THE TOWN BY STEALTH THE PAVEMENTS ARE A LITTLE DAMP AND SHINY
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