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feebly. Sometimes a muttered ejaculation issued from the
loose mouth. The sun beat down hotly from a cloudless sky,
but the trees in the garden were pleasant and cool. It was
a lovely day. A bluebottle buzzed against the windowpane.
Suddenly there was a loud rattle, it made Philip start, it was
horribly frightening; a movement passed through the limbs
and the old man was dead. The machine had run down. The
bluebottle buzzed, buzzed noisily against the windowpane.
1 Of Human Bondage