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In the evening my aunt took me with her to visit the house of mourning. It was after sunset; but the window-panes of the houses that looked to the west reflected the tawny gold of a great bank of clouds. Nannie received us in the hall; and, as it would have been unseemly to have shouted at her, my aunt shook hands with her for all. The old woman pointed upwards interrogatively and, on my aunt's nodding, proceeded to toil up the narrow staircase before us, her bowed head being scarcely above the level of the banister-rail. At the first landing she stopped and beckoned us forward encouragingly towards the open door of the dead-room. My aunt went in and the old woman, seeing that I hesitated to enter, began to beckon to me again repeatedly with her hand 去书内
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    This passage sets a somber, mournful tone with delicate environmental and behavioral details. The fading golden sunset forms a bleak backdrop for the visit to the mourning house. Restrained and quiet interactions between characters, such as silent greetings and slow, labored movements, reflect solemn etiquette in grief. The narrow staircase and hesitant steps of the narrator deepen the tense, oppressive atmosphere. Subtle imagery and mild actions together convey sorrow and unease before facing death.

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