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Before their eyes he changed He was Tom and James and a man named Switchman, another nairl Judith and the husband Willia to theirHe screa to each dee "Alice!" another "William!" They snatched his wrists, whirled him about, until with one last shriek of horror he fell

He lay on the stones, , his face all faces, one eye blue, the other golden, hair that was brown, red, yellow, black, one eyebrow thick, one thin, one hand large, one small

They stood over hiers to their mouths They bent down

"He's dead," someone said at last

It began to rain

The rain fell upon the people, and they looked up at the sky

Slowly, and then more quickly, they turned and walked away and then started running, scattering from the scene In a e re down, hand in hand, terrified

The rain fell upon the upturned, unrecognizable face

Anna said nothing but began to cry

"Co we can do," said the old man

They cli the canal in the darkness They entered their house and lit a sether, cold and thin, listening to the rain returned to the roof above them

"Listen," said LaFarge at ?"

"Nothing, nothing"

"I'll go look anyway"

He fumbled across the dark roo time before he opened it