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The summer passed away, and autumn in its garb of mist came creeping / over the heath. Red sunbeams wandered wearily along the edge of the / wood, and the heather lowered its purple head. At this time in the / Howdahs, which till now had been quieter than usual, strange sounds / began to be heard. Like the knocking of hammers and the tone of bells / at the same time, they sounded far over the heath in strict rhythm, at / times louder, at times softer, but always with a harmonious echo, which / slowly died away into the air.
The villagers stopped, wondering, on the road. One of them asked, "What / is going on at Meyerhofer's?"