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His V.C. eventually—well, he was no longer occupying his body when it was bestowed. He had already "left."... HIS V C EVENTUALLY WELL HE WAS NO LONGER OCCUPYING HIS BODY WHEN IT WAS BESTOWED HE HAD ALREADY LEFT
e 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. Smith, at any rate, on his side, put into it an affection that was a brave man’s love. He watched over his cousin. In the fighting especially, when possible, he sought to protect and shield him, regardless of his own personal safety. He delighted secretly in the honours his cousin had already won. He himself was not yet even mentioned in dispatches, and no public distinction of any kind had come his way.  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 SMITH AT ANY RATE ON HIS SIDE PUT INTO IT AN AFFECTION THAT WAS A BRAVE MAN'S LOVE HE WATCHED OVER HIS COUSIN AND THE FIGHTING ESPECIALLY WHEN POSSIBLE HE SOUGHT TO PROTECT AND SHIELD HIM REGARDLESS OF HIS OWN PERSONAL SAFETY HE DELIGHTED SECRETLY IN THE HONORS HIS COUSIN HAD ALREADY WON HE HIMSELF WAS NOT YET EVEN MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES AND NO PUBLIC DISTINCTION OF ANY KIND HAD COME HIS WAY
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