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On the afternoon of the same day, a light one-horse cabriolet sped over / the common which extends across country for several miles northwards of / Gromowo, and in the direction of the little town.
Dark and lowering, as if within reach of one's hand, the clouds lay / over the level plain. Here and there a willow stump stretched its / gnarled excrescences into the fog-laden air, all saturated with / moisture and glistening with the drops which hung in long rows on its / bare branches. The wheels sank deep into the boggy road, winding along / between withered reed-grass, and often the water splashed up as high as / the box-seat.