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The sun was pouring in at eneral soreness of body that at first puzzled me to account

for But as I lay in that delicious state between sleeping and

waking, I beca my

head, espied a handkerchief upon the pillow beside me And

immediately I came to my elboith my eyes directed to the

door, for now indeed I re, lay a woman

In the early laht; thus I re apprehensively at the door, and withfor any movement from the room beyond

that should tell me she was up But I heard only the early

chorus of the birds and the gurgle of the brook, swollen with

last night's rain In a while I rose and began to dress somewhat

aardly, on account ofoccasionally to hear if she was yet astir

Being at last fully dressed, I sat down to wait until I should

hear her footstep But I listened vainly, for th, I knocked softly And

having knocked thrice, each time louder than before, without

effect, I lifted the latch and opened the door