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Smith, at any rate, on his side, put into it an affection that was a brave man's love. SMITH AT ANY RATE ON HIS SIDE PUT INTO IT AN AFFECTION THAT WAS A BRAVE MAN'S LOVE
ed is certain, but he remembers chiefly that a nurse was quickly by his side, and that something she gave him soothed his violent pain and helped him into[153] deeper sleep again. There was, he noticed, anyhow, no longer the soft, clear, blazing light about his cousin’s bed. He saw only the faint glitter of the oil-lamps down the length of the great room. ... And some weeks later he went back to fight. The picture, however, never left his memory. It stayed with him as an actual reality that was neither delusion nor hallucination. He believed that he understood at last the meaning of the tie that had fettered him and puzzled him so long. The memory of those far-off days of shepherding beneath the stars of long ago remained vividly beside him. He kept his secret, however. In many a talk with his cousin beneath the nearer stars of Flanders no word of it ever passed his lips. The friendship between them, meanwhile, experienced a curious deepening, though unacknowledged in any spoken words. EARY OCCUPANTS IN MORE THAN ONE BED IS CERTAIN BUT HE REMEMBERS CHIEFLY THAT A NURSE WAS QUICKLY BY HIS SIDE AND THAT SOMETHING SHE GAVE HIM SOOTHED HIS VIOLENT PAIN AND HELPED HIM INTO DEEPER SLEEP AGAIN THERE WAS HE NOTICED ANYHOW NO LONGER THE SOFT CLEAR BLAZING LIGHT ABOUT HIS COUSIN'S BED HE SAW ONLY THE FAINT GLITTER OF THE OIL LAMPS DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE GREAT ROOM AND SOME WEEKS LATER HE WENT BACK TO FIGHT THE PICTURE HOWEVER NEVER LEFT HIS MEMORY IT STAYED WITH HIM AS AN ACTUAL REALITY THAT WAS NEITHER DELUSION NOR HALLUCINATION HE BELIEVED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD AT LAST THE MEANING OF THE TIE THAT HAD FETTERED HIM AND PUZZLED HIM SO LONG THE MEMORY OF THOSE FAR OFF DAYS OF SHEPHERDING BENEATH THE STARS OF LONG AGO REMAINED VIVIDLY BESIDE HIM HE KEPT HIS SECRET HOWEVER IN MANY A TALK WITH HIS COUSIN BENEATH THE NEARER STARS OF FLANDERS NO WORD OF IT EVER PASSED HIS LIPS THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEM MEANWHILE EXPERIENCED A CURIOUS DEEPENING THOUGH UNACKNOWLEDGED IN ANY SPOKEN WORDS
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