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... The notion, at any rate, flashed across his mind before he "left." THE NOTION AT ANY RATE FLASHED ACROSS HIS MIND BEFORE HE LEFT
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. His V.C. eventually—well, he was no longer occupying his body when it was bestowed. He had already “left.”... He was now conscious, possibly, of other experiences besides that one of ancient, primitive days when he and his brother were shepherding beneath other stars. But the reckless heroism which saved his cousin under fire may later enshrine another memory which, at some far future time, shall reawaken as a “hallucination” from a Past that to-day is called the Present. O 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 HIS V C EVENTUALLY WELL HE WAS NO LONGER OCCUPYING HIS BODY WHEN IT WAS BESTOWED HE HAD ALREADY LEFT HE WAS NOW CONSCIOUS POSSIBLY OF OTHER EXPERIENCES BESIDES THAT ONE OF ANCIENT PRIMITIVE DAYS WHEN HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE SHEPHERDING BENEATH OTHER STARS BUT THE RECKLESS HEROISM WHICH SAVED HIS COUSIN UNDER FIRE MAY LATER ENSHRINE ANOTHER MEMORY WHICH AT SOME FAR FUTURE TIME SHALL REAWAKEN AS A HALLUCINATION FROM A PAST THAT TO DAY IS CALLED THE PRESENT
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