Miles Tremenhere, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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"Tick tack, tick tack, tick tack - for ever goes the large hall clock, until my heart (imitative thing ) plays at pendulum with it Seventeen long years that clock has been the monitor of time in this old house. It commenced its career the day I came into this world, and, faithful to its trust, not for one hour can I remember its pausing. They say it ceased its vigilance one day; I do not remember it, but Aunt Dorcas once told me - only once, for she cried so bitterly that I never liked asking more about it. It was the one in which I became an orphan My poor mother died, and they stopped it because its ticking reminded them of the day of my birth, when she bade them open her door to let her hear the friend whose career commenced with my life - the friend who was to lead me to be good and happy, warning me of every passing hour Poor, dear mamma
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