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about his neck, and stooping, kissed him gently
between his ears. Just then, the bell in the church
at Marlscombe, a mile away, began to strike ten,
sounding very loud indeed in the stillness of the

     

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night. While it was yet striking, Arnold became
aware of something which frightened him so much
that he almost fell off. For the iron Dog’s body
beneath him had suddenly began to grow warn /