THE VESTIBULE 



her eyes ' (twice), ' many a time there,' ' poured out 

 fast,' ' running down her cheeks,' ' wet upon her cheeks,' 

 were ' wrung from her,' and, worst of all, ' would drop 

 down on her Bible.' 



"' Unspeakable tears were shed,' 'violent tears burst 

 forth,' and indeed ' it seemed as if she would pour out 

 her very heart in tears.' 



" She ' watered the rock with tears,' ' wiped away a 

 few tears,' and also ' glad tears,' ' went to sleep with 

 wet eyelashes,' ' words were spoken with a sob ' and 

 ' washed down with bitter tears,' and all this time she 

 'wondered, waited, and wept.' She wept, 'bitterly,' 

 (twice), ' violently ' (twice), ' with all the vehement 

 passion of her childhood,' and finally ' wept herself 

 out.' She ' was weeping,' *• as she answered,' ■• as she 

 spoke,' ' afresh,' ' very much,' ' with mixed sorrow and 

 thankful joy.' She wept over a ' letter again and again,' 

 and over another twice a day for six days. Besides 

 this she wept ' on her pillow,' on a rock, on Alice's 

 neck, on her lap, on her frock, on the Bible, and on 

 'poor pussy,' and converted Van Brunt with one applica- 

 tion on the back of his hand. On one occasion she 

 ' yielded helplessly to grief,' and on another ' the tempest 

 of tears seemed to gather force as it flowed.' 



"Although 'now and then the old fit of weeping 

 would come,' ' many were the bitter tears she had 

 known,' and ' many were the silent tears that rolled 

 down and wet her pillow,' ' while even her thoughts 

 resolved themselves into tears,' still she was insatiable, 

 and ' wished to be where tears could burst and her 

 heart could break unseen.' 



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