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The lone church bell begins tolling in the late afternoon. At first, no one pays it much attention.

It's a regular autumn day in the English port town of Southampton, and the streets are filled

with people going about their business.

A couple of pigs are being driven away from the market.

A boy pushes a barrow filled with vegetables.

Laughter drifts out from one of the town's many taverns.

Yet the bell keeps on tolling.

And eventually, more bells start to join in too.

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