t and naked to t. ts orrid as in midsummer. ter a feer ourned dank and bitterly cold. In toed and truggle everyreets, and for a or Copeland slept at odd ill no ia ten four times and Doctor Copeland twice.

    During most of t ime to t occasionally o rest for a moment at home.

    of coffee by tcove and a deep uneasiness s had died.

    And one of tus Benedict Mady Letle deaf-mute. o speak at t as it o attend funerals o accept tation. tients  been lost because of any negligence on . t o a single room. ty. o stay aen o ly a sligremor in teadily wired.

    tia came to t ting by tc. Soxicated. isrils .  look at  busied .   milk. able.

    ted before   Portia sternly. have you had your morning meal?’

    I not going to eat breakfast, she said.

    You . If you intend to get to oday;’

    I not going to work.’

    A dread came in  ion her.

    eady in  tongue-tied?’

    I going to tell you. You going to  it. Just as soon as I able to say it I going to tell you.’

    Portia sat motionless in to ted loosely about eacher.

    urned from  a perilous sense of ease and freedom,  o be stered. te. tcate of spotless order and cleanliness. t of tove and behere was a round, black shadow.

    It about illie.’

    I knoe gingerly between his palms.

    s pleasures.

    Once I mentioned to you ter Jo t iddy. So?’

    Buster been crippled for life.’

    o o steady  tinate trembling  to control.