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…the heavy raindrops stuck him with a thousand tingling little thrills, and the weight of all time since time was made hung heavy on his eyelids. He thought and perceived that he was perfectly secure, for the water was so solid that a man could surely step out on it … and would be borne with great and easy speed to the shore… |
This is from “The Bridge-Builders” in The Day’s Work. A fine new bridge is being built over the Ganges, but before it is complete, there is a great flood, which threatens to sweep all away. Findlayson, the Chief Engineer is in a boat out on the wild waters, at peril of his life. He has no fear, because Peroo, his Lascar chief foreman, has given him opium against the wet and chill. Before they – and the bridge – are saved, he sees a strange vision… |
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