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After which there was nothing to do, save to sit humped in a chair, cover her face and count the clock-tickings, that said, Yes no; do don't; fly stay; fly fly! It seemed to her she heard a moving. Well she might with that dreadful heart of hers! Chloe was asleep, at peace by this time, she thought; and how she envied Chloe! She might be as happy, if she pleased. Why not?
George Meredith - The Tale of Chloe

After which there was nothing to do, save to sit humped in a chair, cover her face and count the clock-tickings, that said, Yes no; do don't; fly stay; fly fly! It seemed to her she heard a moving. Well she might with that dreadful heart of hers! Chloe was asleep, at peace by this time, she thought; and how she envied Chloe! She might be as happy, if she pleased. Why not?
George Meredith - Complete Short Works of George Meredith

He went into his bedroom and flung himself on the bed, but only to toss from side to side. In vain he repeated texts of Scripture and scraps of verse; in vain counted imaginary sheep, or listened to imaginary clock-tickings. Sleep would not come to him. It was as though he had reached the crisis of a disease which had been for days gathering force.
Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke - For the Term of His Natural Life
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