Dickens wrote so brilliantly - I always loved this scene in Bleak House (my favourite Dickens novel) where Krook disappears through spontaneous combustion. My iPad photo is similar - I seem to be slowly sinking into the folds of my dressing gown, prior to disappearing completely; a device frequently used in movies.
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