[The Short Works of George Meredith by George Meredith]@TWC D-Link bookThe Short Works of George Meredith CHAPTER VI 10/12
So likewise was the sole inhabitant. General Ople's petty bitter laugh recurred, like a weak-chested patient's cough in the shifting of our winds eastward. A faceless woman's shadow kneels on the ground near the sentry-box, weeping.
A faceless shadow of a young man on horseback is beheld galloping toward a gulf.
The sole inhabitant contemplates his largely substantial full fleshed face and figure in a glass. Next, we see the standard of Great Britain furled; next, unfurled and borne by a troop of shadows to the sentry-box.
The officer within says, 'I say I should be very happy to carry it, but I cannot quit this gentlemanly residence.' Next, the standard is shown assailed by popguns.
Several of the shadows are prostrate.
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