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There was, indeed, a danger—his seniors said so—of his developing into a regular "Auntie Fuss" of an adjutant, and when an officer once takes to old maidism there is more hope for the virgin of seventy than for him. THERE WAS INDEED A DANGER HIS SENIORS SAID SO OF HIS DEVELOPING INTO A REGULAR ANTI FUSS OF AN ADJUTANT AND WHEN AN OFFICER ONCE TAKES TO OLD MEDISM THERE IS MORE HOPE FOR THE VIRGIN OF SEVENTY THAN FOR HIM
y!” half a world away, and hurry to her rescue before “They” maltreated her. He and she explored the dark-purple downs as far inland from the brushwood-pile as they dared, but that was always a dangerous matter. The interior was filled with “Them,” and “They” went about singing in the hollows, and Georgie and she felt safer on or near the seaboard. So thoroughly had he come to know the place of his dreams that even waking he accepted it as a real country, and made a rough sketch of it. He kept his own counsel, of course; but the permanence of the land puzzled him. His ordinary dreams were as formless and as fleeting as any healthy dreams could be, but once at the brushwood-pile he moved within known limits and could see where he was going. There were months at a time when nothing notable crossed his sleep. Then the dreams would come in a batch of five or six, and next morning the map that he kept in his writing case would be written up to date, for Georgie was a most methodical person. OULD HEAR HER SHRILL CRY OF BOY BOY HALF A WORLD AWAY AND HURRY TO HER RESCUE BEFORE THEY MALTREATED HER HE AND SHE EXPLORED THE DARK PURPLE DOWNS AS FAR INLAND FROM THE BRUSHWOOD PILE AS THEY DARED BUT THAT WAS ALWAYS A DANGEROUS MATTER THE INTERIOR WAS FILLED WITH THEM AND THEY WENT ABOUT SINGING IN THE HOLLOWS AND GEORGY AND SHE FELT SAFER ON OR NEAR THE SEABOARD SO THOROUGHLY HAD HE COME TO KNOW THE PLACE OF HIS DREAMS THAT EVEN WAKING HE ACCEPTED IT AS A REAL COUNTRY AND MADE A ROUGH SKETCH OF IT HE KEPT HIS OWN COUNSEL OF COURSE BUT THE PERMANENCE OF THE LAND PUZZLED HIM HIS ORDINARY DREAMS WERE AS FORMLESS AND AS FLEETING AS ANY ELDLY DREAMS COULD BE BUT ONCE AT THE BRUSHWOOD PILE HE MOVED WITHIN KNOWN LIMITS AND COULD SEE WHERE HE WAS GOING THERE WERE MONTHS AT A TIME WHEN NOTHING NOTABLE CROSSED HIS SLEEP THEN THE DREAMS WOULD COME IN A BATCH OF FIVE OR SIX AND NEXT MORNING THE MAP HE KEPT IN HIS WRITING CASE WOULD BE WRITTEN UP TO DATE FOR GEORGIE WAS A MOST METHODICAL PERSON
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