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lookedback,withoutcontradicting.
Thestillnessconsequentonthecessationoftherumblingand
labouringofthecoach,addedtothestillnessofthenight,madeit
veryquietindeed.Thepantingofthehorsescommunicateda
tremulousmotiontothecoach,asifitwereinastateofagitation.
Theheartsofthepassengersbeatloudenoughperhapstobe
heardbutatanyrate,thequietpausewasaudiblyexpressiveof
peopleoutofbreath,andholdingthebreath,andhavingthe
pulsesquickenedbyexpectation.
Thesoundofahorseatagallopcamefastandfuriouslyupthe
hill.
“So-ho!”theguardsangout,asloudashecouldroar.“Yo
there!Stand!Ishallfire!”
Thepacewassuddenlychecked,and,withmuchsplashingand
floundering,aman’svoicecalledfromthemist,“IsthattheDover
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