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He resigned hi in his

bed drew some comfort froes and the rooms about him These, at all events, were

companionable, and they assured him of safety But in a while they

ceased, and he was left in a silence as absolute as the darkness He

endured this silence for perhaps half an hour, and then all an to stir about hihs breathed from very close at hand, even

his name was softly whispered He sat suddenly up in his bed, and at

once all these sounds became explained to him They came fro as he sat up they were

reain they peopled the rooan, "here is a lesson for architects Build no shutters

to a house when the ination, else will he go stark raving mad before the mortar's dry

Window shutters areshutters, but they are the doors of Bedlam as

well Now Gaydon should have slept in this rooreat deal of observation and coued with a flim-flam of fancies To be sure, I need Gaydon, but

since I have not Gaydon, I'll light a candle"

With that Wogan got out of bed He had made himself so secure with his