THE VESTIBULE 



"Ellen 'almost shrieked,' 'answered with another 

 gush of tears,' and her ' agitation was excessive.' 



" She ' began weeping again,' and ' broke forth in an 

 agony of tears.' She ' burst ' on twelve different occa- 

 sions, nine times ' into tears,' and once each into ' an 

 agony of tears,' ' another fit of sorrow ' and ' un- 

 controllable weeping.' Once she 'almost burst into 

 tears,' and on another occasion 'a burst of tears re- 

 lieved her.' 



" She ' could not help shedding some tears ' and she 

 ' covered her face with her hands and sobbed out.' ' She 

 cried ' without qualification, and also ' a great while,' 

 ■■ as if her very heart would break,' ' as if she had never 

 cried before,' ' bitterly,' ' heartily,' ' heartily again,' ' very 

 heartily,' ' for joy ' and ' over her letter.' Also she ' had 

 been crying,' ' had had a good cry,' and ' Pilgrim's 

 Progress made her sometimes cry.' 



" She ' drew long, sobbing sighs,' and something or 

 other 'drew streams of tears down her cheeks.' 



" Her eyes ' filled ' (twice), ' filled fast again,' ' filled 

 with tears,' ' shone through tears,' ' watered ' (thrice), 

 ' were gathering tears very fast,' ' were glistening,' ' moist- 

 ening,' ' red,' ' swimming,' and ' watering,' while her 

 ' eyelashes were wet ' but twice. 



"She ' fell upon her knees in a perfect agony of 

 weeping ' and ' flung herself on the ground to let sorrow 

 have full sway.' 



" She gave way to a ' burst of tears,' ' a good bit of 

 crying,' ' an overwhelming burst of sorrow,' and ' a 

 violent burst of grief.' 



" She ' hid her face in the towel to cry instead of 



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