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Yet, as a matter of fact, the change had not been so sudden and revolutionary as appeared. Underneath, in those remoter regions of consciousness where the emotions, unknown to their owners, do secretly mature, and owe thence their abrupt revelation to some abrupt psychological climax, there can be no doubt that Joan's love for the Canadian had been growing steadily and irresistibly all the time. It had now rushed to the surface so that she recognised it; that was all. YET AS A MATTER OF FACT THE CHANGE HAD NOT BEEN SO SUDDEN AND REVOLUTIONARY AS APPEARED UNDERNEATH IN THOSE REMOTER REGIONS OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHERE THE EMOTIONS UNKNOWN TO THEIR OWNERS DO SECRETLY MATURE AND OWE THENCE THEIR ABRUPT REVELATION TO SOME ABRUPT PSYCHOLOGICAL CLIMAX THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT JOAN'S LOVE FOR THE CANADIAN HAD BEEN GROWING STEADILY AND IRRESISTIBLY ALL THE TIME IT NOW RUSHED TO THE SURFACE SO THAT SHE RECOGNIZED IT THAT WAS ALL
nce awakened. "The bullet must have passed clean through the face, for both cheeks are stained. He'll wear these marks all his life—smaller, but always there. They're the most curious scars in the world, these scars transferred by repercussion from an injured Double. They'll remain visible until just before his death, and then with the withdrawal of the subtle body they will disappear finally." His words mingled in my dazed mind with the sighs of the troubled sleeper and the crying of the wind about the tent. Nothing seemed to paralyse my powers of realisation so much as these twin stains of mysterious significance upon the face before me. It was odd, too, how speedily and easily the Camp resigned itself again to sleep and quietness, as though a stage curtain had suddenly dropped down upon the action and concealed it; and nothing contributed so vividly to the feeling that I had been a spectator of some kind of visionary drama as the dramatic nature of the change in the girl's attitude.  THE WAY HAD NEVER ONCE AWAKENED THE BULLET MUST HAVE PASSED CLEAN THROUGH THE FACE FOR BOTH CHEEKS ARE STAINED HE'LL WEAR THESE MARKS ALL HIS LIFE SMALLER BUT ALWAYS THERE THEY ARE THE MOST CURIOUS SCARS IN THE WORLD THESE SCARS TRANSFERRED BY REPROCUSSION FROM AN INJURED DOUBLE THEY'LL REMAIN VISIBLE UNTIL JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH AND THEN WITH THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SUBTLE BODY THEY WILL DISAPPEAR FINALLY HIS WORDS MINGLED IN MY DAZED MIND WITH THE SIGHS OF THE TROUBLED SLEEPER AND THE CRYING OF THE WIND ABOUT THE TENT NOTHING SEEMED TO PARALYZE MY POWERS OF REALIZATION SO MUCH AS THESE TWIN STAINS OF MYSTERIOUS SIGNIFICANCE UPON THE FACE BEFORE ME WAS ODD TOO HOW SPEEDILY AND EASILY THE CAMP RESIGNED ITSELF AGAIN TO SLEEP AND QUIETNESS AS THOUGH A STAGE CURTAIN HAD SUDDENLY DROPPED DOWN UPON THE ACTION AND CONCEALED IT AND NOTHING CONTRIBUTED SO VIVIDLY TO THE FEELING THAT I HAD BEEN A SPECTATOR OF SOME KIND OF VISIONARY DRAMA AS THE DRAMATIC NATURE OF THE CHANGE IN THE GIRL'S ATTITUDE
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