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Experiments in Convalescence

           Purposelyhecalledupintohismindlittleincidentsofthevanishedspring,phrasedtohimselfemotionsthatwouldmakehimreactevenmorestronglytosorrow.

           "Weweresohappy,"heintoneddramatically,"soveryhappy."Thenhegavewayagainandkneltbesidethebed,hisheadhalf-buriedinthepillow.

           "MyowngirlmyownOh"

           Heclinchedhisteethsothatthetearsstreamedinafloodfromhiseyes.

           "Oh...mybabygirl,allIhad,allIwanted!...Oh,mygirl,comeback,comeback!Ineedyou...needyou...we’resopitiful...justmiserywebroughteachother....She’llbeshutawayfromme....Ican’tseeher;Ican’tbeherfriend.It’sgottobethatwayit’sgottobe"

           Andthenagain:

           "We’vebeensohappy,soveryhappy...."

           Herosetohisfeetandthrewhimselfonthebedinanecstasyofsentiment,andthenlayexhaustedwhileherealizedslowlythathehadbeenverydrunkthenightbefore,andthathisheadwasspinningagainwildly.Helaughed,rose,andcrossedagaintoLethe....

           AtnoonheranintoacrowdintheBiltmorebar,andtheriotbeganagain.HehadavaguerecollectionafterwardofdiscussingFrenchpoetrywithaBritishofficerwhowasintroducedtohimas"CaptainCorn,ofhisMajesty’sFoot,"andherememberedattemptingtorecite"ClairdeLune"atluncheon;thenhesleptinabig,softchairuntilalmostfiveo’clockwhenanothercrowdfoundandwokehim;therefollowedanalcoholicdressingofseveraltemperamentsfortheordealofdinner.

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