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It is a boiling rain, seemingly whimsical in its choice of spots whereon to fall; and, so far as mortal eye can tell, neither the just nor the unjust may hope to avoid it, or need worry themselves by expecting it. It had selected the Adams family for its scaldings; no question.
But no sign came, and I turned to the woman, and longed that she had been a man. 'You poor thing, with bones and blades, pails of water, and door-keys, what know you about the destiny of a maiden such as Lorna? Chilblains you may treat, and bone-shave, ringworm, and the scaldings; even scabby sheep may limp the better for your strikings.
The spirit of sacrifice tempted him, despite the suffering he was enduring a suffering which he compared to sudden scaldings: he was being scalded to death by degrees, covered from head to foot with blisters.
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