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The memory of those far off days of shepherding beneath the stars of long ago remained vividly beside him. He kept his secret, however. THE MEMORY OF THOSE FAR OFF DAYS OF SHEPHERDING BENEATH THE STARS OF LONG AGO REMAINED VIVIDLY BESIDE HIM HE KEPT HIS SECRET HOWEVER
g wildly as she came. ... Then darkness hid the entire landscape, yet a darkness that was deeper, bluer than the velvet of the night alone. ... And he shrieked aloud in his remorseful anguish: “May the gods forgive me, for I did not mean it! Oh, that I might undo ... that I might repay ...!” That his cries disturbed the weary 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[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. EEKING OUT THE SHALLOW PLACES IN THE DUSK AND CALLING WILDLY AS SHE CAME THEN DARKNESS HID THE ENTIRE LANDSCAPE YET A DARKNESS THAT WAS DEEPER BLUER THAN THE VELVET OF THE NIGHT ALONE AND HE SHRIEKED ALOUD IN HIS REMORSEFUL ANGUISH MAY THE GODS FORGIVE ME FOR I DID NOT MEAN IT OH THAT I MIGHT UNDO THAT I MIGHT REPAY THAT HIS CRIES DISTURBED THE WEARY 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
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