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"Defoe's Story"-- "It
took place in London

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at the end of the 17th century.

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A man was spending
the evening at home,

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often thinking of a friend of
his, a woman who was very ill,

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worrying about her,
hoping she would live.

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When there was a knock on
the door and she entered,

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looking fine--

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thriving, in fact-- and sat
down in a normal way and began

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a normal conversation, though
she seemed a little more

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serious than usual
until he began to cry,

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at which point she continued
quietly discussing things

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of the soul, aspects of
time, and he began to sob,

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and she continued speaking
quietly as he sobbed

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and sobbed--

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and when he finally
looked up, she was gone.

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The story is not
unusual and belongs

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to a subgenre in which
the dead person seems

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to drop in on a few old
friends on the way out,

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giving no indication that he
or she has died, but stays

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and speaks, saying, the clear
water at the bottom of my hand

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will make a turn, and my
hand will go bottomless

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like a mirror forgets my face.

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At the slightest
glance, there was

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a man standing beside the
clear water pooled in the rock

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beneath the tree.

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The bright leaves
tore up the light.

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You would have seen that
he was part of the light

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and asked him to
help me climb down."

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