ck16

	The/at red/jj glow/nn from/in the/at cove/nn had/hvd died/vbn out/rp of/in the/at sky/nn ./.
The/at two/cd in/in the/at bed/nn knew/vbd each/dt other/ap as/cs old/jj people/nns know/vb the/at partners/nns with/in whom/wpo they/ppss have/hv shared/vbn the/at same/ap bed/nn for/in many/ap years/nns ,/, and/cc they/ppss needed/vbd to/to say/vb no/at more/ap ./.
The/at things/nns left/vbn unsaid/jj they/ppss both/abx felt/vbd deeply/rb ,/, and/cc with/in a/at sigh/nn they/ppss fell/vbd back/rb on/in the/at well-stuffed/jj pillows/nns ./.
Anita/np put/vbd out/rp the/at remaining/vbg candles/nns with/in a/at long/jj snuffer/nn ,/, and/cc in/in the/at smell/nn of/in scented/vbn candlewick/nn ,/, the/at comforting/vbg awareness/nn of/in each/dt other's/ap$ bodies/nns ,/, the/at retained/vbn pattern/nn of/in dancers/nns and/cc guests/nns remembered/vbn ,/, their/pp$ minds/nns grew/vbd numb/jj and/cc then/rb empty/jj of/in images/nns ./.
They/ppss slept/vbd --/-- Mynheer/np with/in a/at marvelously/rb high-pitched/jj snoring/nn ,/, the/at damn/jj seahorse/nn ivory/nn teeth/nns watching/vbg him/ppo from/in a/at bedside/nn table/nn ./.




In/in the/at ballroom/nn below/rb ,/, the/at dark/nn had/hvd given/vbn way/nn to/in moonlight/nn coming/vbg in/rp through/in the/at bank/nn of/in French/jj windows/nns ./.
It/pps was/bedz a/at delayed/vbn moon/nn ,/, but/cc now/rb the/at sky/nn had/hvd cleared/vbn of/in scudding/vbg black/jj and/cc the/at stars/nns sugared/vbd the/at silver-gray/jj sky/nn ./.
Martha/np Schuyler/np ,/, old/jj ,/, slow/jj ,/, careful/jj of/in foot/nn ,/, came/vbd down/in the/at great/jj staircase/nn ,/, dressed/vbn in/in her/pp$ best/jjt lace-drawn/jj black/jj silk/nn ,/, her/pp$ jeweled/jj shoe/nn buckles/nns held/vbd forward/rb ./.


	``/`` Well/uh ,/, I'm/ppss+bem here/rb at/in last/rb ''/'' ,/, she/pps said/vbd ,/, addressing/vbg the/at old/jj portraits/nns on/in the/at walls/nns ./.
``/`` I/ppss don't/do* hear/vb the/at music/nn ./.
I/ppss am/bem getting/vbg deaf/jj ,/, I/ppss must/md admit/vb it/ppo ''/'' ./.


	She/pps came/vbd to/in the/at ballroom/nn and/cc stood/vbd on/in the/at two/cd carpeted/vbn steps/nns that/wps led/vbd down/rp to/in it/ppo ./.
``/`` Where/wrb is/bez everyone/pn ?/. ?/.
I/ppss say/vb ,/, where/wrb is/bez everyone/pn ?/. ?/.
Peter/np ,/, you/ppss lummox/nn ,/, you've/ppss+hv forgot/vbn to/to order/vb the/at musicians/nns ''/'' ./.


	She/pps stood/vbd there/rb ,/, a/at large/jj old/jj woman/nn ,/, smiling/vbg at/in the/at things/nns she/pps would/md say/vb to/in him/ppo in/in the/at morning/nn ,/, this/dt big/jj foolish/jj baby/nn of/in a/at son/nn ./.
There/ex were/bed times/nns now/rb ,/, like/cs this/dt ,/, when/wrb she/pps lost/vbd control/nn of/in the/at time/nn count/nn and/cc moved/vbd freely/rb back/rb and/cc forth/rb into/in three/cd generations/nns ./.
Was/bedz it/pps a/at birthday/nn ball/nn ?/. ?/.
When/wrb Peter/np had/hvd reached/vbn his/pp$ majority/nn at/in eighteen/cd ?/. ?/.
Or/cc was/bedz it/pps her/pp$ own/jj first/od ball/nn as/cs mistress/nn of/in this/dt big/jj house/nn ,/, a/at Van/np Rensselaer/np bride/nn from/in way/nn upstate/rb near/in Albany/np ,/, from/in Rensselaerwyck/np ./.
And/cc this/dt handsome/jj booby/nn ,/, staring/vbg and/cc sweating/vbg ,/, was/bedz he/pps her/pp$ bridegroom/nn ?/. ?/.


	Martha/np picked/vbd up/rp the/at hem/nn of/in her/pp$ gown/nn and/cc with/in eyes/nns closed/vbd she/pps slowly/rb began/vbd to/to dance/vb a/at stately/jj minuet/nn around/in the/at ballroom/nn ./.




David/np Cortlandt/np was/bedz tired/vbn beyond/in almost/rb the/at limits/nns of/in his/pp$ flesh/nn ./.
He/pps had/hvd ridden/vbn hard/rb from/in Boston/np ,/, and/cc he/pps was/bedz not/* used/vbn to/in horseback/nn ./.
Now/rb ,/, driving/vbg the/at horse/nn and/cc sulky/jj borrowed/vbn from/in Mynheer/np Schuyler/np ,/, he/pps felt/vbd as/cs if/cs every/at bone/nn was/bedz topped/vbn by/in burning/vbg oil/nn and/cc that/cs every/at muscle/nn was/bedz ready/jj to/to dissolve/vb into/in jelly/nn and/cc leave/vb his/pp$ big/jj body/nn helpless/jj and/cc unable/jj to/to move/vb ./.


	The/at road/nn leading/vbg south/nr along/in the/at river/nn was/bedz shaded/vbn with/in old/jj trees/nns ,/, and/cc in/in the/at moonlight/nn the/at silvery/jj landscape/nn was/bedz like/cs a/at setting/nn for/in trolls/nns and/cc wood/nn gods/nns rather/in than/in the/at Hudson/np-tl River/nn-tl Valley/nn-tl of/in his/pp$ boyhood/nn memories/nns ./.
He/pps slapped/vbd the/at reins/nns on/in the/at back/nn of/in the/at powerful/jj gray/jj horse/nn and/cc held/vbd on/rp as/cs the/at sulky's/nn$ wheels/nns hit/vbd a/at pothole/nn and/cc came/vbd out/rp with/in a/at jolt/nn and/cc went/vbd on/rp ./.
He/pps would/md cross/vb to/in Manhattan/np ,/, to/in Harlem/np-tl Heights/nns-tl ,/, before/in morning/nn ./.
There/ex a/at certain/jj farmhouse/nn was/bedz a/at station/nn for/in the/at Sons/nns-tl of/in-tl Liberty/nn-tl ./.
He/pps would/md send/vb on/rp by/in trusted/vbn messenger/nn the/at dispatches/nns with/in their/pp$ electrifying/jj news/nn ./.
And/cc he/pps would/md sleep/vb ,/, sleep/vb ,/, and/cc never/rb think/vb of/in roads/nns and/cc horses'/nns$ sore/jj haunches/nns ,/, of/in colonial/jj wars/nns ./.


	Strange/jj how/wrb everything/pn here/rb fitted/vbd back/rb into/in his/pp$ life/nn ,/, even/rb if/cs he/pps had/hvd been/ben away/rb so/ql long/jj ./.
Mynheer/np ,/, Sir/np Francis/np ,/, the/at valley/nn society/nn ,/, the/at very/ap smell/nn of/in the/at river/nn on/in his/pp$ right/nr purling/vbg along/rb to/in the/at bay/nn past/in fish/nn weirs/nns and/cc rocks/nns ,/, and/cc ahead/rb the/at sleepy/jj ribbon/nn of/in moon-drenched/jj road/nn ./.
A/at mist/nn was/bedz walking/vbg on/in the/at water/nn ,/, white/jj as/cs cotton/nn ,/, but/cc with/in a/at blending/vbg and/cc merging/vbg grace/nn ./.


	Ahead/rb there/ex was/bedz a/at stirring/nn of/in sudden/jj movement/nn at/in a/at crossroads/nns ./.
David/np reached/vbd for/in the/at pair/nn of/in pistols/nns in/in the/at saddlebags/nns at/in his/pp$ feet/nns ./.
He/pps pulled/vbd out/rp one/cd of/in them/ppo and/cc cocked/vbd it/ppo ./.
A/at strange/jj wood/nn creature/nn came/vbd floating/vbg up/rp from/in a/at patch/nn of/in berry/nn bushes/nns ./.
It/pps was/bedz a/at grotesque/jj hen/nn ,/, five/cd or/cc six/cd feet/nns tall/jj ./.
It/pps had/hvd the/at features/nns of/in a/at man/nn bewhiskered/jj by/in clumps/nns of/in loose/jj feathers/nns ./.
It/pps ran/vbd ,/, this/dt apocalyptic/jj beast/nn ,/, on/in two/cd thin/jj legs/nns ,/, and/cc its/pp$ wings/nns --/-- were/bed they/ppss feathered/vbd arms/nns ?/. ?/.
--/-- flapped/vbd as/cs it/pps ran/vbd ./.
Its/pp$ groin/nn was/bedz bloody/jj ./.
Black/jj strips/nns of/in skin/nn hung/vbd from/in it/ppo ./.


	The/at horse/nn shied/vbd at/in the/at dreadful/jj thing/nn and/cc flared/vbd its/pp$ nostrils/nns ./.
David/np took/vbd a/at firm/jj hand/nn with/in it/ppo ./.
The/at creature/nn in/in feathers/nns looked/vbd around/rb and/cc David/np saw/vbd the/at mad/jj eyes/nns ,/, glazed/vbn with/in an/at insane/jj fear/nn ./.
The/at ungainly/jj bird/nn thing/nn ran/vbd away/rb ,/, and/cc to/in David/np its/pp$ croaking/nn sounded/vbd like/cs the/at crowing/nn of/in a/at tormented/vbn rooster/nn ./.
Then/rb it/pps was/bedz gone/vbn ./.
He/pps drove/vbd on/rp ,/, wary/jj and/cc shaken/vbn ./.
The/at Sons/nns-tl were/bed out/rp tonight/nr ./.



Chapter/nn-hl 10/cd-hl 
New/jj-tl York/np-tl lay/vbd bleaching/vbg in/in the/at summer/nn sun/nn ,/, and/cc the/at morning/nn fish/nn hawk/nn ,/, flying/vbg in/in the/at heated/vbn air/nn ,/, saw/vbd below/in him/ppo the/at long/jj triangular/jj wedge/nn of/in Manhattan/np-tl Island/nn-tl ./.
It/pps was/bedz thickly/rb settled/vbn by/in fifteen/cd thousand/cd citizens/nns and/cc laid/vbn out/rp into/in pig-infested/jj streets/nns ,/, mostly/rb around/in the/at Battery/nn-tl ,/, going/vbg bravely/rb north/nr to/in Wall/nn-tl Street/nn-tl ,/, but/cc giving/vbg up/rp and/cc becoming/vbg fields/nns and/cc farms/nns in/in the/at region/nn of/in Harlem/np-tl Heights/nns-tl ./.
From/in there/rb it/pps looked/vbd across/rb at/in Westchester/np-tl County/nn-tl and/cc the/at Hudson/np-tl River/nn-tl where/wrb the/at manor/nn houses/nns ,/, estates/nns ,/, and/cc big/jj farms/nns of/in the/at original/jj (/( non-Indian/np )/) landowners/nns began/vbd ./.


	On/in the/at east/nr side/nn of/in the/at island/nn of/in Manhattan/np the/at indifferent/jj hawk/nn knew/vbd the/at East/jj-tl River/nn-tl that/wps connected/vbd New/jj-tl York/np-tl Bay/nn-tl with/in Long/jj-tl Island/nn-tl Sound/nn-tl ./.
On/in the/at western/jj tip/nn of/in Long/jj-tl Island/nn-tl protruded/vbd Brooklyn/np-tl Heights/nns-tl ./.
It/pps commanded/vbd a/at view/nn over/in Manhattan/np and/cc the/at harbor/nn ./.
A/at fringe/nn of/in housing/vbg and/cc gardens/nns bearded/vbd the/at top/nn of/in the/at heights/nns ,/, and/cc behind/in it/ppo were/bed sandy/jj roads/nns leading/vbg past/in farms/nns and/cc hayfields/nns ./.
Husbandry/nn was/bedz bounded/vbn by/in snake-rail/nn fences/nns ,/, and/cc there/ex were/bed grazing/vbg cattle/nns ./.
On/in the/at shores/nns north/nr and/cc south/nr ,/, the/at fishers/nns and/cc mooncursers/nns --/-- smugglers/nns --/-- lived/vbd along/in the/at churning/vbg Great/jj-tl South/jj-tl Bay/nn-tl and/cc the/at narrow/jj barrier/nn of/in sand/nn ,/, Fire/nn-tl Island/nn-tl ./.


	The/at morning/nn hawk/nn ,/, hungry/jj for/in any/dti eatable/jj ,/, killable/jj ,/, digestible/jj item/nn ,/, kept/vbd his/pp$ eyes/nns on/in the/at ring/nn of/in anchored/vbn ships/nns that/dt lay/vbd off/in the/at shores/nns in/in the/at bay/nn ,/, sheltered/vbn by/in the/at Jersey/nn-tl inlets/nns ./.
They/ppss often/rb threw/vbd tidbits/nns overboard/rb ./.
The/at larger/jjr ships/nns were/bed near/in Paulus/np Hook/np ,/, already/rb being/beg called/vbn ,/, by/in a/at few/ap ,/, Jersey/np-tl City/nn-tl ./.
These/dts were/bed the/at ships/nns of/in His/pp$ Majesty's/nn$-tl Navy/nn-tl ,/, herding/vbg the/at hulks/nns of/in the/at East/jj-tl Indies/nps merchants/nns and/cc the/at yachts/nns and/cc ketches/nns of/in the/at loyalists/nns ./.
The/at news/nn of/in battle/nn on/in Breed's/np$ Hill/nn-tl had/hvd already/rb seeped/vbn through/rp ,/, and/cc New/jj-tl York/np-tl itself/ppl was/bedz now/rb left/vbn in/in the/at hands/nns of/in the/at local/jj Provincial/jj-tl Congress/np-tl ./.
The/at fish/nn hawk/nn ,/, his/pp$ wings/nns not/* moving/vbg ,/, circled/vbd and/cc glided/vbd lower/rbr ./.
The/at gilt/nn sterns/nns of/in the/at men-of-war/nns becoming/vbg clearer/jjr to/in him/ppo ,/, the/at sides/nns of/in the/at wooden/jj sea/nn walls/nns alternately/rb painted/vbn yellow/jj and/cc black/jj ,/, the/at bronze/jj cannon/nn at/in the/at ports/nns ./.
The/at captain's/nn$ gig/nn of/in H.M.S./np Mercury/np was/bedz being/beg rowed/vbn to/in H.M.S./np Neptune/np ./.




On/in shore/nn ``/`` the/at freed/vbn slaves/nns to/in despotism/nn ''/'' --/-- the/at town/nn dwellers/nns --/-- watched/vbd the/at ships/nns and/cc waited/vbd ./.
The/at chevaux/fw-nns de/fw-in frise/fw-nn ,/, those/dts sharp/jj stakes/nns and/cc barriers/nns around/in the/at fort/nn at/in the/at Battery/nn-tl ,/, pointed/vbd to/in a/at conflict/nn between/in the/at town/nn and/cc sea/nn power/nn rolling/vbg in/in glassy/jj swells/nns as/cs the/at tide/nn came/vbd in/rp ./.
Across/in the/at bay/nn the/at Palisades/nns-tl were/bed heavy/jj in/in green/jj timber/nn ;/. ;/.
their/pp$ rock/nn paths/nns led/vbd down/rp to/in the/at Hudson/np ./.
Below/rb in/in the/at open/jj bay/nn facing/vbg Manhattan/np was/bedz Staten/np-tl Island/nn-tl ,/, gritty/jj with/in clam/nn shells/nns and/cc mud/nn flats/nns behind/in which/wdt nested/vbd farms/nns ,/, cattle/nns barns/nns ,/, and/cc berry/nn thickets/nns ./.
Along/in Wappinger/np-tl Creek/nn-tl in/in Dutchess/np-tl County/nn-tl ,/, past/in the/at white/jj church/nn at/in Fishkill/np ,/, past/in Verplanck's/np$-tl Point/nn-tl on/in the/at east/nr bank/nn of/in the/at Hudson/np ,/, to/in the/at white/jj salt-crusted/jj roads/nns of/in the/at Long/jj-tl Island/nn-tl Rockaways/nps there/ex was/bedz a/at watching/nn and/cc an/at activity/nn of/in preparing/vbg for/in something/pn explosive/jj to/to happen/vb ./.
Today/nr ,/, tomorrow/nr ,/, six/cd months/nns ,/, even/rb perhaps/rb a/at year/nn 

	The/at fish/nn hawk/nn flew/vbd on/rp and/cc was/bedz lost/vbn from/in sight/nn ./.
The/at British/jj ships/nns rolled/vbd at/in anchor/nn ,/, sent/vbd out/rp picket/nn boats/nns and/cc waited/vbd for/in orders/nns from/in London/np ./.
Waited/vbn for/in more/ap ships/nns ,/, more/ql lobster-backed/jj infantry/nn ,/, and/cc asked/vbd what/wdt was/bedz to/to be/be done/vbn with/in a/at war/nn of/in rebellion/nn ?/. ?/.




David/np Cortlandt/np ,/, having/hvg slept/vbn away/rb a/at day/nn and/cc a/at night/nn ,/, came/vbd awake/jj in/in a/at plank/nn farmhouse/nn on/in the/at Harlem/np-tl River/nn-tl near/in Spuyten/np Duyvil/np ./.
He/pps looked/vbd out/rp through/in windowpanes/nns turned/vbn a/at faint/jj violet/nn by/in sun/nn and/cc weather/nn ,/, looked/vbd out/rp at/in King's/nn$-tl Bridge/nn-tl toward/in Westchester/np ./.
The/at road/nn seemed/vbd animated/vbn with/in a/at few/ap more/ap wagons/nns than/cs usual/jj ;/. ;/.
a/at carriage/nn raising/vbg up/rp the/at choking/vbg June/np dust/nn ,/, and/cc beyond/in ,/, in/in a/at meadow/nn ,/, a/at local/jj militia/nn company/nn drilling/vbg with/in muskets/nns ,/, Kentuck'/np rifles/nns ,/, every/at kind/nn of/in horse/nn pistol/nn ,/, old/jj sword/nn ,/, or/cc cutlass/nn ./.


	The/at wraith-like/jj events/nns of/in the/at last/ap few/ap days/nns flooded/vbd David's/np$ mind/nn and/cc he/pps rubbed/vbd his/pp$ unshaved/jj chin/nn and/cc felt/vbd again/rb the/at ache/nn in/in his/pp$ kidneys/nns caused/vbn by/in his/pp$ saddle/nn odyssey/nn from/in Boston/np ./.
Pensive/jj ,/, introspective/jj ,/, he/pps ached/vbd ./.
He/pps had/hvd sent/vbn the/at dispatches/nns downtown/nr to/in the/at proper/jj people/nns and/cc had/hvd slept/vbn ./.
Now/rb there/ex was/bedz more/ap to/to do/do ./.
Orders/nns not/* written/vbn down/rp had/hvd to/to be/be transmitted/vbn to/in the/at local/jj provincial/jj government/nn ./.
He/pps scratched/vbd his/pp$ mosquito-plagued/jj neck/nn ./.


	From/in the/at saddlebags/nns ,/, hung/vbn on/in a/at Hitchcock/np chair/nn ,/, David/np took/vbd out/rp a/at good/jj English/jj razor/nn ,/, a/at present/nn from/in John/np Hunter/np ./.
He/pps found/vbd tepid/jj water/nn in/in a/at pitcher/nn and/cc a/at last/ap bit/nn of/in soap/nn ,/, and/cc he/pps lathered/vbd his/pp$ face/nn and/cc stood/vbd stropping/vbg the/at razor/nn on/in his/pp$ broad/jj leather/nn belt/nn ,/, its/pp$ buckle/nn held/vbd firm/jj by/in a/at knob/nn of/in the/at bedpost/nn ./.
He/pps hoped/vbd he/pps was/bedz free/jj of/in self-deception/nn ./.


	Here/rb he/pps was/bedz ,/, suddenly/rb caught/vbn up/rp in/in the/at delirium/nn of/in a/at war/nn ,/, in/in the/at spite/nn and/cc calumny/nn of/in Whigs/nps and/cc Tories/nps ./.
There/ex would/md be/be great/jj need/nn soon/rb for/in his/pp$ skill/nn as/cs surgeon/nn ,/, but/cc somehow/rb he/pps had/hvd not/* planned/vbn to/to use/vb his/pp$ knowledge/nn merely/rb for/in war/nn ./.
David/np Cortlandt/np had/hvd certain/jj psychic/jj intuitions/nns that/cs this/dt rebellion/nn was/bedz not/* wholly/rb what/wdt it/pps appeared/vbd on/in the/at surface/nn ./.
He/pps knew/vbd that/cs many/ap were/bed using/vbg it/ppo for/in their/pp$ own/jj ends/nns ./.
But/cc it/pps did/dod not/* matter/vb ./.
He/pps stropped/vbd the/at razor/nn slowly/rb ;/. ;/.
what/wdt mattered/vbd was/bedz that/cs a/at new/jj concept/nn of/in Americans/nps was/bedz being/beg born/vbn ./.
That/cs some/dti men/nns did/dod not/* want/vb it/ppo he/pps could/md understand/vb ./.
The/at moral/jj aridity/nn of/in merchants/nns made/vbd them/ppo loyal/jj usually/rb to/in their/pp$ ledgers/nns ./.
Yet/rb some/dti ,/, like/cs Morris/np Manderscheid/np ,/, would/md bankrupt/vb themselves/ppls for/in the/at new/jj ideas/nns ./.
Unique/jj circumstances/nns would/md test/vb us/ppo all/abn ,/, he/pps decided/vbd ./.
Injury/nn and/cc ingratitude/nn would/md occur/vb ./.
No/at doubt/nn John/np Hancock/np would/md do/do well/rb now/rb ;/. ;/.
war/nn was/bedz a/at smugglers'/nns$ heaven/nn ./.
And/cc what/wdt of/in that/ql poor/jj tarred/vbn and/cc feathered/vbn wretch/nn he/pps had/hvd seen/vbn on/in the/at road/nn driving/vbg down/rp from/in Schuyler's/np$ ?/. ?/.
Things/nns like/cs that/dt would/md increase/vb rather/in than/in be/be done/vbn away/rb with/in ./.
One/pn had/hvd to/to believe/vb in/in final/jj events/nns or/cc one/pn was/bedz stranded/vbn in/in the/at abyss/nn of/in nothing/pn ./.
He/pps saw/vbd with/in John/np Hunter/np now/rb that/cs the/at perfectability/nn of/in man/nn was/bedz a/at dream/nn ./.
Life/nn was/bedz a/at short/jj play/nn of/in tenebrous/jj shadows/nns ./.
David/np began/vbd to/to shave/vb with/in great/jj sweeping/vbg strokes/nns ./.


	Time/nn plays/vbz an/at essential/jj part/nn in/in our/pp$ mortality/nn ,/, and/cc suddenly/rb for/in no/at reason/nn he/pps could/md imagine/vb (/( or/cc admit/vb )/) the/at image/nn of/in Peg/np laughing/vbg filled/vbd his/pp$ mind/nn --/-- so/ql desirable/jj ,/, so/ql lusty/jj ,/, so/ql full/jj of/in nuances/nns of/in pleasure/nn and/cc joy/nn ./.
He/pps drove/vbd sensual/jj patterns/nns off/rp ,/, carefully/rb shaving/vbg his/pp$ long/jj upper/jj lip/nn ./.
It/pps is/bez harder/jjr ,/, he/pps muttered/vbd ,/, to/to meditate/vb on/in man/nn (/( or/cc woman/nn )/) than/cs on/in God/np ./.


	David/np finished/vbd shaving/vbg ,/, washed/vbd his/pp$ face/nn clean/jj of/in lather/nn ,/, and/cc combed/vbd and/cc retied/vbd his/pp$ hair/nn ./.
He/pps was/bedz proud/jj that/cs he/pps had/hvd never/rb worn/vbn a/at wig/nn ./.
More/ap and/cc more/ap of/in the/at colonials/nns were/bed wearing/vbg their/pp$ own/jj hair/nn and/cc not/* using/vbg powder/nn ./.
He/pps felt/vbd cheerful/jj again/rb ,/, refreshed/vbn ;/. ;/.
presentable/jj in/in his/pp$ wide-cut/jj brown/jj suit/nn ,/, the/at well-made/jj riding/vbg boots/nns ./.


	It/pps is/bez so/ql easy/jj to/to falsify/vb sentiment/nn ./.
In/in the/at meadow/nn below/rb ,/, militia/nn officers/nns shouted/vbd at/in their/pp$ men/nns and/cc on/in King's/nn$-tl Bridge/nn-tl two/cd boys/nns sat/vbd fishing/vbg ./.
The/at future/nn would/md happen/vb ;/. ;/.
he/pps did/dod not/* have/hv to/to hurry/vb it/ppo by/in thinking/vbg too/ql much/rb ./.
A/at man/nn could/md be/be tossed/vbn outside/in the/at dimension/nn of/in time/nn by/in a/at stray/jj bullet/nn these/dts days/nns ./.
He/pps began/vbd to/to pack/vb the/at saddlebags/nns ./.
And/cc all/abn this/dt too/rb shall/md pass/vb away/rb :/: it/pps came/vbd to/in him/ppo out/rp of/in some/dti dim/jj corner/nn of/in memory/nn from/in a/at church/nn service/nn when/wrb he/pps was/bedz a/at boy/nn --/-- yes/rb ,/, in/in a/at white/jj church/nn with/in a/at thin/jj spur/nn steeple/nn in/in the/at patriarchal/jj Hudson/np-tl Valley/nn-tl ,/, where/wrb a/at feeling/nn of/in plenitude/nn was/bedz normal/jj in/in those/dts English-Dutch/jj manors/nns with/in their/pp$ well-fed/jj squires/nns ./.