This very barbarism, with the absence of the rows of carefully-tended graves, and the headstones with affectionate inscriptions that mark all other cemeteries, increases the impressive gloom of the lonely place.
Reid reflects on the somber atmosphere of a cemetery lacking traditional markers of remembrance.
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