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Epitaph


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On a windswept hill in an English country churchyard stands a drab, gray slate tombstone. The quaint stone bears an epitaph not easily seen unless you stoop over and look closely. The faint etchings read:

Beneath this stone, a lump of clay,lies Arabella Young,Who on the twenty-fourth of May, began to hold her tongue.