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What harmless girl or old man had been reading that dreadful prophecy when the Germans came down upon Albert and involved it, and themselves, and that book, all except those two pages, in such multiplication of ruin? WHAT HARMLESS GIRL OR OLD MAN HAD BEEN READING THAT DREADFUL PROPHECY WHEN THE GERMANS CAME DOWN UPON ALBERT AND INVOLVED IT IN THEMSELVES AND THAT BOOK ALL EXCEPT THOSE TWO PAGES IN SUCH MULTIPLICATION OF RUIN
 curls of a mattress lay on the ground, clipped once from a horse's mane. After looking for some while across the orchard one suddenly noticed that the cathedral had stood on the other side. It was draped, when we saw it closer, as with a huge grey cloak, the lead of its roof having come down and covered it. Near the house of that petted doll (as I came to think of it) a road ran by on the other side of the railway. Great shells had dropped along it with terrible regularity. You could imagine Death striding down it with exact five-yard paces, on his own day, claiming his own. As I stood on the road something whispered behind me; and I saw, stirring round with the wind, in one of those footsteps of Death, a double page of a book open at Chapter II: and Chapter II was headed with the proverb, "Un Malheur Ne Vient Jamais Seul;" Misfortunes never come singly! And on that dreadful road, with shell-holes every five yards as far as the eye could see, and fiat beyond it the whole city in ruin.  AND SO THEY STOOD TO DAY THE CURLS OF A MATTRESS LAY ON THE GROUND CLILIPPED ONCE FOR A HORSE'S MANE AFTER LOOKING FOR SOME WHILE ACROSS THE ORCHARD ONE SUDDENLY NOTICED THAT THE CATHEDRAL HAD STOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE IT WAS DRAPED WHEN WE SAW IT CLOSER AS WITH A HUGE GRAY CLOAK THE LEAD OF ITS ROOF HAVING COME DOWN AND COVERED IT NEAR THE HOUSE OF THAT PETTED DOLL AS I CAME TO THINK OF IT A ROAD RAN BY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILWAY GREAT SHELLS HAD DROPPED ALONG IT WITH TERRIBLE REGULARITY YOU COULD IMAGINE DEATH STRIDING DOWN IT WITH EXACT FIVE YARD PACES ON HIS OWN DAY CLAIMING HIS OWN AS I STOOD ON THE ROAD SOMETHING WHISPERED BEHIND ME AND I SAW STIRRING ROUND WITH THE WIND IN ONE OF THOSE FOOTSTEPS OF DEATH A DOUBLE PAGE OF A BOOK OPEN AT CHAPTER TWO AND CHAPTER TWO WAS HEADED WITH THE PROVERB UN MALE NAVIENNE GEMENSE R MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY AND ON THAT DREADFUL ROAD WITH SHELL HOLES EVERY FIVE YARDS AS FAR AS THE EYE COULD SEE AND FIAT BEYOND IT THE WHOLE CITY IN RUIN
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