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Chapter 31

           ThatnightNicholson’sremovalfromhiscellandthenextmorningbeforedawnthecurtains;thesameprocessionpassingthrough,whichwasbynowanoldstorytoClyde.Butsomehowthiswassodifferentsointimatesocruel.Andashepassed,calling:"Godblessyouall.Ihopeyouhavegoodluckandgetout."Andthenthatterriblestillnessthatfollowedthepassingofeachman.

           AndClydethereafterlonelyterriblyso.Nowtherewasnooneherenooneinwhomhewasinterested.Hecouldonlysitandreadandthinkorpretendtobeinterestedinwhattheseotherssaid,forhecouldnotreallybeinterestedinwhattheysaid.Hiswasamindthat,freedfromthemiseriesthathadnowbefallenhim,wasnaturallymoredrawntoromancethantoreality.Wherehereadatallhepreferredthelight,romanticnovelthatpicturedsomesuchworldashewouldhavelikedtoshare,toanythingthatevenapproximatedthehardrealityoftheworldwithout,letalonethis.Nowwhatwasgoingtobecomeofhimeventually?Soalonewashe!Onlylettersfromhismother,brotherandsisters.AndAsagettingnobetter,andhismothernotabletoreturnasyetthingsweresodifficultthereinDenver.ShewasseekingareligiousschoolinwhichtoteachsomewherewhilenursingAsa.ButshewasaskingtheRev.DuncanMcMillan,ayoungministerwhomshehadencounteredinSyracuse,inthecourseofherworkthere,tocomeandseehim.Hewassospiritualandsokindly.

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