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"Give me the water, Mary," he said

I approached hilass; Pilot followed

me, still excited

"What is the ain said He checked the water on its way to his

lips, and seelass down

"This is you, Mary, is it not?"

"Mary is in the kitchen," I answered

He put out his hand with a quick gesture, but not seeing where I

stood, he did not touch , as it see and distressing atteain!" he

ordered, imperiously and aloud

"Will you have a little lass," I said

"WHO is it? WHAT is it? Who speaks?"

"Pilot knows me, and John and Mary know I a," I answered

"Great God!--what delusion has come over me? What sweet madness has

seizedfor

delusion, your health too sound for frenzy"

"And where is the speaker? Is it only a voice? Oh! I CANNOT see,

but I must feel, or my heart will stop and my brain burst