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Bennington de Laney found hi

with closed eyes to a number of sounds Of these there most impressed

him two They were a certain rhythht rustling of paper; and a series of metallic

clicks, softened somewhat by distance After a time it occurred to his more--that he had some

way acquired fresh white sheets for his bed, and that on a little table

near the foot of his bunk stood a vase of flowers These t

impressions satisfied him for some time He brooded over theaze to wander to the

Fro white curtains of

soes, ruffled

slightly in a pleasing fashion They stirred slowly in the warton watched the with

pleasure the bal noises cah the openHe kne that they

solance roved on, and rested without surprise on a girl in a rocking

chair swaying softly to and fro, and reading a book, the turning of

whose leaves had caused the rustling of paper which he had noticed

first

For a long time he lay silent and contented Her fine brown hair had