14/22 He was so close the boys could have touched him. For some time there was no noise but the grating sound of the spades discharging their freight of mould and gravel. Finally a spade struck upon the coffin with a dull woody accent, and within another minute or two the men had hoisted it out on the ground. They pried off the lid with their shovels, got out the body and dumped it rudely on the ground. |