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"No" I ed to whisper Except in th

"As soon as you get waro fetch the wheelchair too"

"Why'd you go and do soart asked"After you were so sick, too I knew I shouldn't have let you go outside yourself I knew it Now she'll blame me

"I' blamed"

"No," she said "'You're not a child A child would have more sense"

I alhed Tired and weak I let her take control Mo to revive I closed my eyes and felt myself drift

"How's she doing?" I heard Austin ask Mrs Bogart, I thought it was part of so

I called far her and she caown She brought in my wheelchair and wheeled me back to my bedroom where Austin wa

s waiting He earing a terms cloth robe and was barefoot

"How are you doing?" he asked me "Better," I said

Mrs Bogart looked from me to him and said she would see about his clothes We watched her leave and then Austin rose and sat on my bed

"What were you really trying to do, Rain?"

"Drown myself," I admitted

"I guess I made trouble for you with your aunt, was that it?" he asked

"Hardly," I said "No I was upset about soain I wrote and told him about myself, and he tried to come back here and was arrested and will be courtmartialed It's all my fault"