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The same instant, back to the ear of his mind came his father's two words, as he had heard them through the window  "_Up Daurside._" "Up Daurside!"  Here he was upon Daurside  a little way up too: he would go farther up. He rose and went on, while the great river kept flowing the other way, dark and terrible, down to the very door inside which lay Sambo with the huge gape in his big throat. THE SAME INSTANT BACK TO THE EAR OF HIS MIND CAME HIS FATHER'S TWO WORDS AS HE HAD HEARD THEM THROUGH THE WINDOW WHOOP DOWER SIDE UP DOWER SIDE HERE HE WAS UPON DOWER SIDE A LITTLE WAY UP TOO HE WOULD GO FARTHER UP HE ROSE AND WENT ON WHILE THE GREAT RIVER KEPT FLOWING THE OTHER WAY DARK AND TERRIBLE DOWN TO THE VERY DOOR INSIDE WHICH LAY SAMBO WITH THE HUGE GAPE IN HIS BIG THROAT
rods, and thrown himself into the river. But there was no one to oppose his escape; and after following the road a little way up the river, he turned aside into a thicket of shrubs on the nearly precipitous bank, and sat down to recover the breath he had lost more from dismay than exertion. The light grew. All at once he descried, far down the river, the steeples of the city. Alas! alas! there lay poor black Sambo, so dear to wee Sir Gibbie, motionless and covered with blood! He had two red mouths now, but was not able to speak a word with either! They would carry him to a churchyard and lay him in a hole to lie there for ever and ever. Would all the good people be laid into holes and leave Gibbie quite alone? Sitting and brooding thus, he fell into a dreamy state, in which, brokenly, from here and there, pictures of his former life grew out upon his memory. Suddenly, plainer than all the rest, came the last time he stood under Mistress Croale’s window, waiting to help his father home. D HAVE GOT THROUGH BETWEEN THE RODS AND THROWN HIMSELF INTO THE RIVER BUT THERE WAS NO ONE TO OPPOSE HIS ESCAPE AND AFTER FOLLOWING THE ROAD A LITTLE WAY UP THE RIVER HE TURNED ASIDE INTO A THICKET OF SHRUBS ON THE NEARLY PRECIPITOUS BANK AND SAT DOWN TO RECOVER THE BREATH HE HAD LOST MORE FROM DISMAY THAN EXERTION THE LIGHT GREW ALL AT ONCE HE DESCRIED FAR DOWN THE RIVER THE STEEPLES OF THE CITY ALAS ALAS THERE LAY POOR BLACK SAMBO SO DEAR TO WE SIR GIBBEY MOTIONLESS AND COVERED WITH BLOOD HE HAD TWO RED MOUTHS NOW BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK A WORD WITH EITHER THEY WOULD CARRY HIM TO A CHURCHYARD AND LAY HIM IN A HOLE TO LIE THERE FOR EVER AND NEVER WOULD ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE BE LAID INTO HOLES AND LEAVE GIBBEY QUITE ALONE SITTING AND BROODING THUS HE FELL INTO A DREAMY STATE IN WHICH BROKENLY FROM HERE AND THERE PICTURES OF HIS FORMER LIFE GREW OUT UPON HIS MEMORY SUDDENLY PLAINER THAN ALL THE REST CAME THE LAST TIME HE STOOD UNDER MISTRESS CROW'S WINDOW WAITING TO HELP HIS FATHER HOME
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