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Can't you see, she says she has spots before her eyes. That's stomach. And the lameness in the side is kidneys. Mark it 'Three pass to Seven. There's a combination form for that." "What branch of the work is this?" asked Hal, as she lifted her eyes to his again. "Symptom correspondence. This is the sorting-room." "Please explain. I'm a perfect greenhorn, you know."
Mr Bright led them back to the great sorting-room, where the energetic labour of hundreds of men and boys facing, carrying, stamping, distributing, sorting, etcetera was going on full swing. Everywhere there was rapid work, but no hurry; busy and varied action, but no confusion; a hum of mingled voice and footfall, but no unnecessary noise.
Eight o'clock struck, whips cracked, wheels rattled, the eight o'clock mail was gone, and there was not a single letter left in the great sorting-room of St. Martin's-le-Grand! "I was right, you see," said Mr Bright. "You were right," responded Miss Lillycrop. They descended and crossed the now unencumbered floor. The snake took it into its mottled head at that moment to do the same.
Fearful live creatures were sometimes sent by post, he knew, and serpents had been known before that to take an airing in Post-Office vans as well as in the great sorting-room of St. Martin's-le-Grand!
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