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... sexton was bobbing up and down in a half - made grave , and George , leaning his arms upon the mossy stones of the wall , accosted him . ton . ' Are you sexton here ? ' The man answered in the affirmative . ' Been here long ? Eh ...
... sexton was bobbing up and down in a half - made grave , and George , leaning his arms upon the mossy stones of the wall , accosted him . ton . ' Are you sexton here ? ' The man answered in the affirmative . ' Been here long ? Eh ...
Page 45
... sexton in the act of unlocking the church - door , he quickened his pace a little , and felt such a tremor of dread at the porch that he dodged suddenly into the sacred building as though a bull had been be- hind him . The sexton , who ...
... sexton in the act of unlocking the church - door , he quickened his pace a little , and felt such a tremor of dread at the porch that he dodged suddenly into the sacred building as though a bull had been be- hind him . The sexton , who ...
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... sexton sat down at the other side of the vestry - table , with his arms upon it , and watched the search drowsily . The day was hot , and the sexton nodded once or twice , and , just as the old schemer had begun to hope that he might ...
... sexton sat down at the other side of the vestry - table , with his arms upon it , and watched the search drowsily . The day was hot , and the sexton nodded once or twice , and , just as the old schemer had begun to hope that he might ...
Page 47
... sexton . The entries for 1849 were in one volume , and those for the year following in another . George had taken up the wrong volume , but he plodded through it to the end , and with a curious new tremor closed it and took up the other ...
... sexton . The entries for 1849 were in one volume , and those for the year following in another . George had taken up the wrong volume , but he plodded through it to the end , and with a curious new tremor closed it and took up the other ...
Page 48
... sexton was dry . So he accepted the shilling with thanks , and having poured out a glass of rather stale water from the vicar's carafe , he put on his hat , and left ancient and unin- structed melodrama to its work . Old George , with a ...
... sexton was dry . So he accepted the shilling with thanks , and having poured out a glass of rather stale water from the vicar's carafe , he put on his hat , and left ancient and unin- structed melodrama to its work . Old George , with a ...
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