The rain and hail pattered against the glass the chimneys quaked and rocked the crazy casement rattled with the wind, as though an impatient hand inside were striving to burst it open. But no hand was there, and it opened no more. (Charles Dickens)

The rain and hail pattered against the glass the chimneys quaked and rocked the crazy casement rattled with the wind, as though an impatient hand inside were striving to burst it open. But no hand was there, and it opened no more.

Charles Dickens

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