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VIII

           Hecaughtthecreakofahinge,andinstantlydifferentiateditasthatofthewardrobeagainsttheoppositewall.Thenheheardthemouse-likesquealofareluctantdrawer,andknewitwastheupperoneinthechestofdrawersbesidethebed:theclatterwhichfollowedwascausedbythemahoganytoilet-glassjumpingonitsloosenedpivots...

           Thestepcrossedtheflooragain.Itwasstrangehowmuchbetterheknewitthanthepersontowhomitbelonged!Nowitwasdrawingnearthedoorofcommunicationbetweenthetworooms.Heopenedhiseyesandlooked.Thestephadceasedandforamomenttherewassilence.Thenheheardalowknock.Hemadenoresponse,andafteranintervalhesawthatthedoorhandlewasbeingtentativelyturned.Heclosedhiseyesoncemore...

           Thedooropened,andthestepwasintheroom,comingcautiouslytowardhim.Hekepthiseyesshut,relaxinghisbodytofeignsleep.Therewasanotherpause,thenawaveringsoftadvance,therustleofadressbehindhischair,thewarmthoftwohandspressedforamomentonhislids.ThepalmsofthehandshadthelingeringscentofsomestuffthathehadboughtontheBoulevard....Helookedupandsawaletterfallingoverhisshouldertohisknee...

           “DidIdisturbyou?I’msosorry!TheygavemethisjustnowwhenIcamein.”

           Theletter,beforehecouldcatchit,hadslippedbetweenhiskneestothefloor.Itlaythere,addressupward,athisfeet,andwhilehesatstaringdownatthestrongslendercharactersontheblue-grayenvelopeanarmreachedoutfrombehindtopickitup

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