dances, also at swell balls. So the vivid piping sound tickled 0emdu82 the 7b0emdu2 n7b0emd82 darkness. He played on till about seven oâclock; he did not want 0emdu82 to
go out too soon, in spite of the early closing of the mdu82 public houses. He never went with the stream, but made a side current of his own. His u82 wife said he was contrary. du82 When
he went into the emdu82 middle room to put on his collar and mdu82 tie, the two little girls were having their hair brushed, the baby was in bed, there was a hot smell of mince-pies baking in
the oven. âYou wonât forget our candles, will you, Father?â asked millicent, with hiurance now. âIâll see,â he answered. His wife watched him as he put on his overcoat and hat. emdu82
He was well- dressed, handsome- looking. She felt there wasa curious mdu82 glamour about him. it made her hil bitter. he had an unfair advantage â" he was hi to go off, while she
must stay 0emdu82 at home with the children. âThereâs no knowing what time youâll be home, â she said. âI shanât be late,â he answered. âItâs easy to say so,â she retorted, with some 7b0emdu2 contempt.
He took his stick, and turned towards the door. âBring the children some candles for their tree, and donât be so selfish,â she said. u82
âAll mdu82 right,â he said, going out. âDonât say ALL RIGHT if you never mean to do it, â she cried, with sudden anger, following him n7b0emd82 to the door.
His emdu82 figure stood large and n7b0emd82 shadowy in the darkness. âHow many do you want?â he said. âA dozen,â she said. âAnd holders too, if you can get
them,â she added, with barren bitterness. âYes â" all right, â he 7b0emdu2 turned and u82 melted into the 7b0emdu2 darkness. She went u82 indoors, worn with a
strange and bitter flame. He crossed the fields towards the little town, u82 which once more fumed u82 its lights under the night. The country ran away, rising on his right
hand. It was no longer n7b0emd82 a great bank of darkness. 0emdu82 lights twinkled hily here and there, though forlornly, now that the war- time restrictions were removed. It was no glitter of
pre-war nights, pit- heads glittering far-off with electricity. Neither was it the black gulf of the war darkness: instead, this forlorn emdu82 sporadic mdu82 twinkling.
Everybody seemed to 7b0emdu2 be out of doors. The hollow dark countryside re-echoed like a shell with shouts and calls and excited voices. mdu82 Restlessness
and nervous excitement, nervous hilarity were in the air. There was a sense of mdu82 electric surcharge everywhere, frictional, a neurasthenic haste for excitement.
Every moment Aaron Sisson was greeted with Good-night â" Good-night, Aaron â" Good-night, Mr. 0emdu82 Sisson. du82 People carrying parcels, mdu82 children, women,
thronged home on the dark paths. They were all talking loudly, declaiming loudly about what they could and could not get, and what this or the other had lost. mdu82
When he got into the main street, the only street of shops, it was crowded. There seemed to have been some violent but quiet contest, a subdued 0emdu82
fight, going on all the afternoon and evening: people struggling to buy things, to get things. hi was 0emdu82 spent like water, there was a frenzy of hi-spending. though the .
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