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"I shall wake when I reach the ground," Dickie told himself, "and then I shall know it's all only a dream, a silly dream." I SHALL WAKE WHEN I REACH THE GROUND DICKIE TOLD HIMSELF AND THEN I SHALL KNOW IT'S ONLY A DREAM A SILLY DREAM
ome to him. He saw, when he reached the upper landing, that the others were by the window, and that the window was open. A keen wind rushed through it, and by the blown candle's light he could see snowflakes whirled into the house through the window's dark, star-studded square. There was whispering going on. He heard her words, "Here. So! Jump." And then a little figure--Edred it must be; no, Elfrida--climbed up on to the window-ledge. And jumped out. Out of the third-floor window undoubtedly jumped. Another followed it--that was Edred. "It _is_ a dream," said Dickie to himself, "but if they've been made to jump out, to punish them for getting even with old Parrot-nose or anything, I'll jump too." He rushed past the nurse, past her voice and the other voice that was talking with hers, made one bound to the window, set his knee on it, stood up and jumped; and he heard, as his knee touched the icy window-sill, the strange voice say, "Another," and then he was in the air falling, falling. US OF ALL THE HAPPENINGS THAT HAD SO WONDERFULLY COME TO HIM HE SAW WHEN HE REACHED THE UPPER LANDING THAT THE OTHERS WERE BY THE WINDOW AND THAT THE WINDOW WAS OPEN A KEEN WIND RUSHED THROUGH IT AND BY THE BLOWN CANDLE'S LIGHT HE COULD SEE SNOW FLAKES WHIRLED INTO THE HOUSE THROUGH THE WINDOW'S DARK STAR STUDDED SQUARE THERE WAS WHISPERING GOING ON HE HEARD HER WORDS HERE SO JUMP AND THE LITTLE FIGURE EDRED IT MUST BE NO ELFRIDA CLIMBED UP ON TO THE WINDOW LEDGE AND JUMPED OUT OUT OF THE THIRD FLOOR WINDOW UNDOUBTEDLY JUMPED ANOTHER FOLLOWED IT IT WAS EDRED IT IS A DREAM SAID DICKIE TO HIMSELF BUT IF THEY'VE BEEN MADE TO JUMP OUT TO PUNISH THEM FOR GETTING EVEN WITH OLD PARROT NOSE OR ANYTHING I'LL JUMP TOO HE RUSHED PAST THE NURSE PAST HER VOICE AND THE OTHER VOICE THAT WAS TALKING WITH HERS MADE ONE BOUND TO THE WINDOW SET HIS KNEE UPON IT STOOD UP AND JUMPED AND HE HEARD AS HIS KNEE TOUCHED THE ICY WINDOW SILL THE STRANGE VOICE SAY ANOTHER AND THEN HE WAS IN THE AIR FALLING FALLING
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