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And, as though to emphasise the eternal closeness of comedy to tragedy, two small details rose out of the scene and impressed me so vividly that I remember them to this very day. AND AS THOUGH TO EMPHASISE THE ETERNAL CLOSENESS OF COMEDY TO TRAGEDY TWO SMALL DETAILS ROSE OUT OF THE SCENE AND IMPRESSED ME SO VIVIDLY THAT I REMEMBER THEM TO THIS VERY DAY
Joan!" he cried, and in a flash she answered him, "I'm here—I'm with you always now," and had pushed past me into the tent and flung herself upon his breast. "I knew you would come to me in the end," I heard him whisper. "It was all too big for me to understand at first," she murmured, "and for a long time I was frightened—" "But not now!" he cried louder; "you don't feel afraid now of—of anything that's in me—" "I fear nothing," she cried, "nothing, nothing!" I led her outside again. She looked steadily into my face with eyes shining and her whole being transformed. In some intuitive way, surviving probably from the somnambulism, she knew or guessed as much as I knew. "You must talk to-morrow with John Silence," I said gently, leading her towards her own tent. "He understands everything." I left her at the door, and as I went back softly to take up my place of sentry again with the Canadian, I saw the first streaks of dawn lighting up the far rim of the sea behind the distant islands. VENT HIM FROM SPRINGING FROM HIS BLANKETS JOAN JOAN HE CRIED AND IN A FLASH SHE ANSWERED HIM I'M HERE I'M WITH YOU ALWAYS NOW AND IT PUSHED PAST ME INTO THE TENT AND FLUNG HERSELF UPON HIS BREAST I KNEW YOU WOULD COME TO ME IN THE END I HEARD HIM WHISPER IT WAS ALL TOO BIG FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND AT FIRST SHE MURMURED AND FOR A LONG TIME I WAS FRIGHTENED BUT NOT NOW HE CRIED NOW LOUDER YOU DON'T FEEL AFRAID NOW OF OF ANYTHING THAT'S IN ME I FEAR NOTHING SHE CRIED NOTHING NOTHING I LET HER OUTSIDE AGAIN SHE LOOKED STEADILY INTO MY FACE WITH EYES SHINING AND HER WHOLE BEING TRANSFORMED IN SOME INTUITIVE WAY SURVIVING PROBABLY FROM THE SOMNAMBULISM SHE KNEW OR GUESSED AS MUCH AS I KNEW YOU MUST TALK TO MORROW WITH JOHN SILENCE I SAID GENTLY LEADING HER TOWARDS HER OWN TENT HE UNDERSTANDS EVERYTHING I LEFT HER AT THE DOOR AND AS I WENT BACK SOFTLY TO TAKE UP MY PLACE OF SENTRY AGAIN WITH THE CANADIAN I SAW THE FIRST STREAKS OF DAWN LIGHTING UP THE FAR RIM OF THE SEA BEHIND THE DISTANT ISLANDS
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