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183. “The Signal-Man” by Charles Dickens (Halloween Special)!

Thinking in English

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Is Something Wrong?

The voice seemed hoarse with shouting and it cried, Look out, look out. And then again, Hello below there,. I caught up my lamp, turned it on red and ran towards the figure calling, What's wrong? What has happened? Where? It stood just outside the blackness of the tunnel. I advanced so close upon it that I wandered at its keeping the sleeve across its eyes. I had my hand stretched out to pull the sleeve away when it was gone. Within six hours after the appearance, the memorable accident on this line happened; within ten hours the dead and wounded were brought along through the tunnel over the spot where the figure had stood. The answer came back both

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