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Dick had picked up life again where he had left it off so long before

Gone was David's house built on the sands of forgetfulness Gone was

David himself, and Lucy Gone not even born into his consciousness

was Elizabeth The war, his work, his new place in the world, were all

obliterated, drowned in the flood of memories revived by the shock of

Bassett's revelations

Not that the breaking point had revealed itself as such at once There

was confusion first, then stupor and unconsciousness, and out of that,

sharply and clearly, cao, aat Howard Lucas on the

floor of the billiard rooh the

door

"Bev!" he was saying "Bev! Don't look like that!"

He moved and found he was in bed It had been a drea

breath, looked about the rooreeted her But

already he knew he had not been drea in his

mind He shuddered and looked at the floor, but nobody lay there Only

the horror in his et away fro in hiht, but