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came drifting up to his nostrils。  His sanity returned to him。



〃God have mercy upon me!〃 he cried。  〃O God! what have I

done?〃



He knew the thing below him; save that it still moved and

felt; was already a dead manthat the blood of the poor wretch

must be boiling in his veins。  An intense realisation of that agony

came to his mind; and overcame every other feeling。  For a moment

he stood irresolute; and then; turning to the truck; he hastily

tilted its contents upon the struggling thing that had once been a

man。  The mass fell with a thud; and went radiating over the cone。 

With the thud the shriek ended; and a boiling confusion of smoke;

dust; and flame came rushing up towards him。  As it passed; he saw

the cone clear again。



Then he staggered back; and stood trembling; clinging to the

rail with both hands。  His lips moved; but no words came to them。



Down below was the sound of voices and running steps。  The

clangour of rolling in the shed ceased abruptly。


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