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IT WAS THIS GRIM HUSH, AND THE TALL CLOUDS OF SMOKE WHICH ROSE HERE AND THERE OVER THE COUNTRY-SIDE FROM SMOULDERING BUILDINGS, WHICH CAST A CHILL INTO OUR HEARTS (p. 160).