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"There wasn't any one else. There never has been." "There was—there always is. THERE WASN'T ANY ONE ELSE THERE NEVER HAS BEEN THERE WAS THERE ALWAYS IS
n we die we may find out more, but it means this now.” There was no answer. What could she say? As the world went, they had known each other rather less than eight and a half hours, but the matter was one that did not concern the world. There was a very long silence, while the breath in their nostrils drew cold and sharp as it might have been a fume of ether. “That’s the second,” Georgie whispered. “You remember, don’t you?” “It’s not!”—furiously. “It’s not!” “On the downs the other night—months ago. You were just as you are now, and we went over the country for miles and miles.” “It was all empty, too. They had gone away. Nobody frightened us. I wonder why, Boy?” “Oh, if you remember _that_, you must remember the rest. Confess!” “I remember lots of things, but I _know_ I didn’t. I never have—till just now.” “You _did_, dear.” “I know I didn’t, because—oh, it’s no use keeping anything back! because I truthfully meant to.” “And truthfully did.” “No; meant to; but some one else came by.”  QUICKENED THEIR PACE THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD HEARD AN ORDER PERHAPS WHEN WE DIE WE MAY FIND OUT MORE BUT IT MEANS THIS NOW THERE WAS NO ANSWER WHAT COULD SHE SAY AS THE WORLD WENT THEY HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER RATHER LESS THAN EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS BUT THE MATTER WAS ONE THAT DID NOT CONCERN THE WORLD THERE WAS A VERY LONG SILENCE WHEN THE BREATH IN THEIR NOSTRILS DREW COLD AND SHARP AS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FUME OF ETHER THAT'S THE SECOND GEORGIE WHISPERED YOU REMEMBER DON'T YOU IT'S NOT FURIOUSLY IT'S NOT ON THE DOWNS THE OTHER NIGHT MONTHS AGO YOU WERE JUST AS YOU ARE NOW AND WE WENT OVER THE COUNTRY FOR MILES AND MILES IT WAS ALL EMPTY TOO THEY HAD ALL GONE AWAY NOBODY FRIGHTENED US I WONDER WHY BOY OH IF YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU MUST REMEMBER THE REST CONFESS I REMEMBER LOTS OF THINGS BUT I KNOW I DIDN'T I NEVER HAVE TILL JUST NOW YOU DID DEAR I KNOW I DIDN'T BECAUSE OH IT'S NO USE KEEPING ANYTHING BACK BECAUSE I TRUTHFULLY MEANT TO AND TRUTHFULLY DID NO MEANT TO BUT SOME ONE ELSE CAME BY
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