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For a while David sat in bed twisting the sheets in his hands; then he got up and paced the room in his bare feet. It seemed to him that three or four whole nighttimes had passed before he finally heard all three voices raised and talking at once. The Scientist was going! Now they were saying good by at the front door ... now the door was being closed ... now there were footsteps on the stairs. He jumped into bed just before Mother put her head in and said, "Good night, dear." FOR A WHILE DAVID SAT IN BED TWISTING THE SHEETS IN HIS HANDS THEN HE GOT UP AND PACED THE ROOM IN HIS BARE FEET IT SEEMED TO HIM THAT THREE OR FOUR WHOLE NIGHT TIMES HAD PASSED BEFORE HE FINALLY HEARD ALL THREE VOICES RAISED AND TALKING AT ONCE THE SCIENTIST WAS GOING NOW THEY WERE SAYING GOOD BYE AT THE FRONT DOOR NOW THE DOOR WAS BEING CLOSED NOW THERE WERE FOOTSTEPS ON THE STAIRS HE JUMPED INTO BED JUST BEFORE MOTHER PUT HER HEAD IN AND SAID GOOD NIGHT DEAR
ggling. "I feel fine. Look, I just _have_ to--" It was useless. She marched him upstairs to his room and stood in the doorway until he had undressed and put on his pajamas and got into bed. "Now," she said, "you go to sleep. The mountain will still be there in the morning--unless there's a landslide. Good night." And she turned out the light and shut the door. This was awful! He could not sneak downstairs, because the stairs could be seen from the living room. He could not climb out of his window, because a rose arbor was directly beneath it, and he would be ripped by the thorns. And Mother always came in to say good night before she went to bed. If he was not there when she came in tonight, there would be a lot of unpleasant explaining to do. The only thing, then, was to wait until the Scientist went home and everyone was in bed. It was a maddening wait. The Scientist's voice went on and on like the drone of an electric fan, interrupted only by an occasional murmur from Mother or Dad. LL WORN OUT I'M NOT SAID DAVID STRUGGLING I FEEL FINE LOOK I JUST HAVE TO IT WAS USELESS SHE MARCHED HIM UPSTAIRS TO HIS ROOM AND STOOD IN THE DOORWAY UNTIL HE HAD UNDRESSED AND PUT ON HIS PYJAMAS AND GOT INTO BED NOW SHE SAID YOU GO TO SLEEP THE MOUNTAIN WILL STILL BE THERE IN THE MORNING UNLESS THERE'S A LANDSLIDE GOOD NIGHT AND SHE TURNED OUT THE LIGHT AND SHUT THE DOOR THIS WAS AWFUL HE COULD NOT SNEAK DOWNSTAIRS BECAUSE THE STAIRS COULD BE SEEN FROM THE LIVING ROOM HE COULD NOT CLIMB OUT OF HIS WINDOW BECAUSE A ROSE ARBOUR WAS DIRECTLY BENEATH IT AND HE WOULD BE RIPPED BY THE THORNS AND MOTHER ALWAYS CAME IN TO SAY GOOD NIGHT BEFORE SHE WENT TO BED IF HE WAS NOT THERE WHEN SHE CAME IN TO NIGHT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF UNPLEASANT EXPLAINING TO DO THE ONLY THING THEN WAS TO WAIT UNTIL THE SCIENTIST WENT HOME AND EVERYONE WAS IN BED IT WAS A MADDENING WAIT THE SCIENTIST'S VOICE WENT ON AND ON LIKE THE DRONE OF AN ELECTRIC FAN INTERRUPTED ONLY BY AN OCCASIONAL MURMUR FROM MOTHER OR DAD
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