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He was conscious of motion. Encompassed in a luminous cloud, of which he was now merely the fiery heart, without material substance, he swung through unthinkable arcs of oscillation, like a vast pendulum. Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark. The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream."An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,"Ambrose BierceHow does Farquhar's "oscillation, like a vast pendulum" foreshadow a real event in the story?
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