walls,sharpandblack;thestreet,dimandprecipitous,tumblingforwardintotheblue,whencelights,one,two,three,nowalittlebunchtogether,cameprickingout。
TheoldwomanopenedthedoorwhenherangMr。Somerset’sbell。
“Master’sbeencalledaway,“shesaidinhercroakingvoice。“A
burial。’E’adn’ttimetoletyouknow。’Tellthelittlegen’l’man,’
’esaid,’I’msorry。’“