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Chapter 28

           Therewerethingsinthefogreachingoutfingerstopluckatherskirt,todragherdownintotheuneasyquakingearthonwhichshestood,silent,relentless,spectralhands.Then,sheknewthatsomewhereintheopaquegloomabouthertherewasshelter,help,ahavenofrefugeandwarmth.Butwherewasit?Couldshereachitbeforethehandsclutchedheranddraggedherdownintothequicksands?

           Suddenlyshewasrunning,runningthroughthemistlikeamadthing,cryingandscreaming,throwingoutherarmstoclutchonlyemptyairandwetmist.Wherewasthehaven?Iteludedherbutitwasthere,hidden,somewhere.Ifshecouldonlyreachit!Ifshecouldonlyreachitshewouldbesafe!Butterrorwasweakeningherlegs,hungermakingherfaint.ShegaveonedespairingcryandawoketofindMelanie’sworriedfaceaboveherandMelanie’shandshakinghertowakefulness.

           Thedreamreturnedagainandagain,whenevershewenttosleepwithanemptystomach.Andthatwasfrequentlyenough.Itsofrightenedherthatshefearedtosleep,althoughshefeverishlytoldherselftherewasnothinginsuchadreamtobeafraidof.Therewasnothinginadreamaboutfogtoscareherso.Nothingatallyetthethoughtofdroppingoffintothatmist-filledcountrysoterrifiedhershebegansleepingwithMelanie,whowouldwakeherupwhenhermoaningandtwitchingrevealedthatshewasagainintheclutchofthedream.

           Underthestrainshegrewwhiteandthin.

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