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David murmured, pretending to be half asleep. His door closed again. The light switches snapped, and there was silence. DAVID MURMURED PRETENDING TO BE HALF ASLEEP HIS DOOR CLOSED AGAIN THE LIGHT SWITCHES SNAPPED AND THERE WAS SILENCE
mb out of his window, because a rose arbor was directly beneath it, and he would be ripped by the thorns. And Mother always came in to say good night before she went to bed. If he was not there when she came in tonight, there would be a lot of unpleasant explaining to do. The only thing, then, was to wait until the Scientist went home and everyone was in bed. It was a maddening wait. The Scientist's voice went on and on like the drone of an electric fan, interrupted only by an occasional murmur from Mother or Dad. For a while David sat in bed twisting the sheets in his hands; then he got up and paced the room in his bare feet. It seemed to him that three or four whole nighttimes had passed before he finally heard all three voices raised and talking at once. The Scientist was going! Now they were saying good-by at the front door ... now the door was being closed ... now there were footsteps on the stairs. He jumped into bed just before Mother put her head in and said, "Good night, dear. ING ROOM HE COULD NOT CLIMB OUT OF HIS WINDOW BECAUSE A ROSE ARBOUR WAS DIRECTLY BENEATH IT AND HE WOULD BE RIPPED BY THE THORNS AND MOTHER ALWAYS CAME IN TO SAY GOOD NIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT TO BED IF HE WAS NOT THERE WHEN SHE CAME IN TO NIGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF UNPLEASANT EXPLAINING TO DO THE ONLY THING THEN WAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE SCIENTIST WENT HOME AND EVERYONE WAS IN BED IT WAS A MADDENING WAIT THE SCIENTIST'S VOICE WENT ON AND ON LIKE THE DRONE OF AN ELECTRIC FAN INTERRUPTED ONLY BY AN OCCASIONAL MURMUR FROM MOTHER OR DAD FOR A WHILE DAVID SAT IN BED TWISTING THE SHEETS IN HIS HANDS THEN HE GOT UP AND PACED THE ROOM IN HIS BARE FEET IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT THREE OR FOUR WHOLE NIGHT TIMES HAD PASSED BEFORE HE FINALLY HEARD ALL THREE VOICES RAISED AND TALKING AT ONCE THE SCIENTIST WAS GOING NOW THEY WERE SAYING GOOD BYE AT THE FRONT DOOR NOW THE DOOR WAS BEING CLOSED NOW THERE WERE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS HE JUMPED INTO BED JUST BEFORE MOTHER PUT HER HEAD IN AND SAID GOOD NIGHT DEAR
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