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Chapter 23

           IfeltthatIsawhim,atanyrate,shutinorshutout.Hewasadmirable,butnotcomfortable:Itookitinwithathrobofhope.Wasn’thelooking,throughthehauntedpane,forsomethinghecouldn’tsee?andwasn’titthefirsttimeinthewholebusinessthathehadknownsuchalapse?Thefirst,theveryfirst:Ifounditasplendidportent.Itmadehimanxious,thoughhewatchedhimself;hehadbeenanxiousalldayand,evenwhileinhisusualsweetlittlemannerhesatattable,hadneededallhissmallstrangegeniustogiveitagloss.Whenheatlastturnedroundtomeetme,itwasalmostasifthisgeniushadsuccumbed.“Well,IthinkI’mgladBlyagreeswithme!”

           “Youwouldcertainlyseemtohaveseen,thesetwenty-fourhours,agooddealmoreofitthanforsometimebefore.Ihope,”Iwentonbravely,“thatyou’vebeenenjoyingyourself.”

           “Oh,yes,I’vebeeneversofar;allroundaboutmilesandmilesaway.I’veneverbeensofree.”

           Hehadreallyamannerofhisown,andIcouldonlytrytokeepupwithhim.“Well,doyoulikeit?”

           Hestoodtheresmiling;thenatlastheputintotwowords“Doyou?”morediscriminationthanIhadeverheardtwowordscontain.BeforeIhadtimetodealwiththat,however,hecontinuedasifwiththesensethatthiswasanimpertinencetobesoftened.“Nothingcouldbemorecharmingthanthewayyoutakeit,forofcourseifwe’realonetogethernowit’syouthatarealonemost.

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