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That a wounded Turk to whom he gave water should have remembered gratitude was likely enough, for all travellers know that these men are kindly gentlemen at times; but that this Mohammedan peasant should have been later a member of a prisoner's escort and have provided the means of escape and concealment—weeks in a dry watercourse and months in a hut outside the town—seemed an incredible stroke of good fortune. "He brought me food and water three times a week. THAT A WOUNDED TURK TO WHOM HE GAVE WATER SHOULD HAVE REMEMBERED GRATITUDE WAS LIKELY ENOUGH FOR ALL TRAVELLERS KNOW THAT THESE MEN ARE KINDLY GENTLEMEN AT TIMES BUT THIS MOHAMMEDAN PEASANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LATER A MEMBER OF A PRISONER'S ESCORT AND HAVE PROVIDED THE MEANS OF ESCAPE AND CONCEALMENT WEEKS IN A DRY WATERCOURSE AND MONTHS IN A HUT OUTSIDE THE TOWN SEEMED AN INCREDIBLE STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE HE BROUGHT ME FOOD AND WATER THREE TIMES A WEEK
 suffered exaggerated enlargement, or reduction into insignificance, that threatened the stability of his personality. Fortunately, as stated, they were of brief duration; to examine them in detail were to touch the painful absurdities of incipient mania almost; that a lost collar stud could block his exasperated mind for hours, filling an entire day with emotion, while a deep affection of long standing could ebb towards complete collapse suddenly without apparent cause...! It was the unexpected suddenness of Turkey’s spectacular[236] defeat that closed the painful symptoms. The Armistice saw them go. He knew a quick relief he was unable to explain. The telegram that his brother was alive and safe came after his recovery of mental balance. It was a shock. But the phenomena had ceased before the shock. It was in the light of his brother’s story that he reviewed the puzzling phenomena described. The story was not more curious than many another, perhaps, yet the details were queer enough. TIONS COMMONPLACE DAILY ACTS SUFFERED EXAGGERATED ENLARGEMENT OR REDUCTION INTO INSIGNIFICANCE THAT THREATENED THE STABILITY OF HIS PERSONALITY FORTUNATELY AS STATED THEY WERE OF BRIEF DURATION TO EXAMINE THEM IN DETAIL WERE TO TOUCH THE PAINFUL ABSURDITIES OF INCIPIENT MANIA ALMOST THAT A LOST COLLAR STUD COULD BLOCK HIS EXASPERATED MIND FOR HOURS FILLING AN ENTIRE DAY WITH EMOTION WHILE A DEEP AFFECTION OF LONG STANDING COULD EBB TOWARDS COMPLETE COLLAPSE SUDDENLY WITHOUT APPARENT CAUSE IT WAS THE UNEXPECTED SUDDENNESS OF TURKEY'S SPECTACULAR DEFEAT THAT CLOSED THE PAINFUL SYMPTOMS THE ARMISTICE SAW THEM GO HE KNEW A QUICK RELIEF HE WAS UNABLE TO EXPLAIN THE TELEGRAM THAT HIS BROTHER WAS ALIVE AND SAFE CAME AFTER HIS RECOVERY OF MENTAL BALANCE IT WAS A SHOCK BUT THE PHENOMENA HAD CEASED BEFORE THE SHOCK IT WAS IN THE LIGHT OF HIS BROTHER'S STORY THAT HE REVIEWED THE PUZZLING PHENOMENA DESCRIBED THE STORY WAS NOT MORE CURIOUS THAN MANY ANOTHER PERHAPS YET THE DETAILS WERE QUEER ENOUGH
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