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Dick's decision to cut himself off from Elizabeth was born of his

certainty that he could not see her and keep his head He was resolutely

determined to keep his head, until he knehat he had to offer her But

he was very unhappy He worked sturdily all day and slept at night out

of sheer fatigue, only to rouse in the earlybefore he was fully awake Then would come the

uncertainty and pain of full consciousness, and he would lie with his

ar and preparing to

face another day

There was no prospect of early relief, although David had not again

referred to his going away David was very feeble The look of hih Dick's heart But there

were ti like his old spirit, shouted for

tobacco, frowned over his diet tray, and fought Harrison Miller when he

cae in much his old tumultuous manner

Then, one afternoon late in May, when for four days Dick had not seen

Elizabeth, suddenly he found the decision as to their relation taken out

of his hands, and by Elizabeth herself

He opened the door one afternoon to find her sitting alone in the

waiting-roohtened and almost inarticulate He could