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There is no mistaking it. We should know its dirty appearance and awry folding not to mention bad writing among ten thousand. Having been turned with its stamp in the right direction at the facing-tables and passed under the stamping-machines without notice, it comes at last to one of the sorters, and effectually, though briefly, stops him. His rapid distributive hand comes to a dead pause.
The contents of these bags as they came in were shot out, and the facing-tables all of which had begun to show symptoms of the flood going down and dry land appearing were flooded and reflooded again and again to a greater depth than before. "The mail will be late to-night," observed Miss Lillycrop, with an assured nod.
"We shall see," replied Mr Bright, quietly, as he led the way back to the gallery. From this point it could be seen, even by unpractised eyes, that, although the confusion of letters all over the place was still considerable, there were huge gaps on the sorting-tables everywhere, while the facing-tables were of course empty. There was a push and energy also which had not prevailed at first.
As, however, the tables in question were covered more than a foot deep with letters, Miss Lillycrop only saw their legs. "These are the facing-tables," continued Mr Bright. "All that the men and lads round 'em have got to do with the letters there is to arrange them for the stampers, with their backs and stamps all turned one way. We call that facing the letters.
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