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He lay still and stared. It came neither from the ceiling nor the floor; it unfolded like a cloud of shining smoke. And the little lamp, the sheets, the figure framed between them—all these slid cleverly away and vanished utterly. HE LAY STILL AND STARED IT CAME NEITHER FROM THE CEILING NOR THE FLOOR IT UNFOLDED LIKE A CLOUD OF SHINING SMOKE AND THE LITTLE LAMP THE SHEETS THE FIGURE FRAMED BETWEEN THEM ALL THESE SLID CLEVERLY AWAY AND VANISHED UTTERLY
 he saw, as he stared across at his cousin’s bed. He knew. Perhaps the beaten, worn-out body let something through at last. The nerves, over-strained to numbness, lay very still. The physical system, battered and depleted, made no cry. The clamour of the flesh was hushed. He was aware, however, of an undeniable exaltation of the spirit in him, as he lay and gazed towards his cousin’s bed. ... Across the night of time, it seemed to him, the picture stole before his inner eye with a certainty that left no room for doubt. It was not the cells of memory in his brain of To-day that gave up their dead, it was the eternal Self in him that remembered and understood—the soul. ... With that satisfaction which is born of full comprehension, he watched the light glow and spread about the little bed. Thick matting deadened the footsteps of nurses, orderlies, doctors. New cases were brought in, “old” cases were carried out; he ignored them; he saw only the light above his cousin’s bed grow stronger. FACULTY WAS GONE HE DID NOT QUESTION WHAT HE SAW AS HE STARED ACROSS AT HIS COUSIN'S BED HE KNEW PERHAPS THE BEATEN WORN OUT BODY LET SOMETHING THROUGH IT LAST THE NERVES OVERSTRAINED TO NUMBNESS LAY VERY STILL THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM BATTERED AND DEPLETED MADE NO CRY THE CLAMOUR OF THE FLESH WAS HUSHED HE WAS AWARE HOWEVER OF AN UNDENIABLE EXALTATION OF THE SPIRIT IN HIM AS HE LAY AND GAZED TOWARDS HIS COUSIN'S BED ACROSS THE NIGHT OF TIME IT SEEMED TO HIM THE PICTURE STOLE BEFORE HIS INNER EYE WITH A CERTAINTY THAT LEFT NO ROOM FOR DOUBT IT WAS NOT THE CELLS OF MEMORY IN HIS BRAIN OF TO DAY THAT GAVE UP THEIR DEAD IT WAS THE ETERNAL SELF IN HIM THAT REMEMBERED AND UNDERSTOOD THE SOUL WITH THAT SATISFACTION WHICH IS BORN OF FULL COMPREHENSION HE WATCHED THE LIGHT GLOW AND SPREAD ABOUT THE LITTLE BED THICK MATTING DEADENED THE FOOTSTEPS OF NURSES ORDERLIES DOCTORS NEW CASES WERE BROUGHT IN OLD CASES WERE CARRIED OUT HE IGNORED THEM HE SAW ONLY THE LIGHT ABOVE HIS COUSIN'S BED GROW STRONGER
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