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pillars, all cut into short lengths — or so they seemed — and delivered them to 

 the open mouths that greeted her. The shutter clicked, but she no longer 

 minded that, for as an extra precaution I had clicked the shutter incessantly 



'THE NASHVILLE QUIETLY BROODING' 



until she ceased to jump at the sound, before I had inserted the first plate- 

 holder. Of course there were lots of failures — plates were fogged, the Nashville 

 moved too quickly, or the light was poor — but there were good pictures, too, 

 a reward for sitting hunched up under an unbrella with one knee crooked 



