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... 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. 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
e might have saved lay still for ever. ... He heard the water rushing past, an icy wind came down the gorge against his naked back, he saw the fire shine upon the farther bank ... and the figure of a girl in skins was wading across, seeking 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[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.  INTO THE GREAT BEAST'S HEART THE HUMAN HEART AND LIFE HE MIGHT HAVE SAVED LAY STILL FOREVER HE HEARD THE WATER RUSHING PAST AN ICY WIND CAME DOWN THE GORGE AGAINST HIS NAKED BACK HE SAW THE FIRE SHINE UPON THE FARTHER BANK AND THE FIGURE OF A GIRL IN SKINS WAS WADING ACROSS SEEKING 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
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