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Chapter 53

           Herbertgotalargebottleofstuffformyarm;andbydintofhavingthisstuffdroppedoveritallthenightthrough,Iwasjustabletobearitspainonthejourney.ItwasdaylightwhenwereachedtheTemple,andIwentatoncetobed,andlayinbedallday.

           Myterror,asIlaythere,offallingill,andbeingunfittedfortomorrow,wassobesetting,thatIwonderitdidnotdisablemeofitself.Itwouldhavedoneso,prettysurely,inconjunctionwiththementalwearandtearIhadsuffered,butfortheunnaturalstrainuponmethatto-morrowwas.Soanxiouslylookedforwardto,chargedwithsuchconsequences,itsresultssoimpenetrablyhidden,thoughsonear.

           Noprecautioncouldhavebeenmoreobviousthanourrefrainingfromcommunicationwithhimthatday;yetthisagainincreasedmyrestlessness.Istartedateveryfootstepandeverysound,believingthathewasdiscoveredandtaken,andthiswasthemessengertotellmeso.IpersuadedmyselfthatIknewhewastaken;thattherewassomethingmoreuponmymindthanafearorapresentiment;thatthefacthadoccurred,andIhadamysteriousknowledgeofit.Asthedaysworeon,andnoillnewscame,asthedayclosedinanddarknessfell,myovershadowingdreadofbeingdisabledbyillnessbeforeto-morrowmorningaltogethermasteredme.Myburningarmthrobbed,andmyburningheadthrobbed,andIfanciedIwasbeginningtowander.Icounteduptohighnumbers,tomakesureofmyself,andrepeatedpassagesthatIknewinproseandverse.

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