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As
a
r
e
sult
,
h
e
a
l
m
ost
n
e
v
e
r
sl
e
pt
.
W
h
a
t
wa
s
th
e
point
wh
e
n
sl
ee
p
h
a
d
b
e
co
me
a
d
a
rk
void?
I
t
ma
d
e
hi
m
a
ngry
,
churlish
e
v
e
n
,
th
a
t
his
on
e
l
a
st
pl
ea
sur
e
wa
s
d
e
ni
e
d
hi
m.
Dam
n
it
a
ll
,
h
e
n
ee
d
e
d
h
e
r
.

H
is
r
e
fl
e
ction
flick
e
r
e
d
in
th
e
l
a
rg
e
pictur
e
w
indo
w
of
his
priv
a
t
e
p
a
ss
e
ng
e
r
c
a
r
as
th
e
tr
a
in
w
e
nt
through
a
tunn
e
l
.
He
clos
e
d
his
e
y
e
s
to
th
e
sight
.

He
w
a
nt
e
d
to
m
or
e
th
a
n
h
e
w
a
nt
e
d
his
n
e
xt
br
ea
th
.
But
how
could
h
e
e
xp
e
ct
h
e
r
to
lov
e
th
e
thing
th
a
t
h
e
’d
b
e
co
me
?
W
h
a
t
w
o
ma
n
wou
l
d
w
a
nt
a
m
onst
e
r?

E
v
e
n
so
,
h
e
wa
s
uns
e
ttl
e
d
a
nd
w
orri
e
d
a
bout
h
e
r
.
He
could
not
pl
a
c
e
e
x
a
ctly
why
,
only
th
a
t
h
e
f
e
lt
as
though
sh
e
w
e
r
e
in
p
a
in
,
th
a
t
sh
e
n
ee
d
e
d
hi
m,
too
.
W
ishful
thinking
,
a
nd
y
et
as
h
i
s
t
r
a
i
n
s
t
ea
m
ed
a
l
o
n
g
on
t
h
e
pa
t
h
t
o
N
ew
Y
o
r
k
,
h
e

p
e
nn
e
d
a
l
e
tt
e
r
to
his
ma
n
in
London
.
I
t
h
a
d
been
too
long
sinc
e
th
e
l
a
st
r
e
port
,
a
nd
Arch
e
r
n
ee
d
e
d
to
know
how
his
unw
i
tt
i
ng
fi
a
nc
ée
wa
s
f
a
ring
.

T
h
e
y
s
a
t
tog
e
th
e
r
on
th
e
s
ma
ll
b
a
lcony
fronting
h
e
r
hous
e.
I
t
h
a
d
onc
e
been
th
e
h
e
ight
of
f
a
shion
to
h
a
v
e
a
littl
e
Juli
e
t
b
a
l
cony
,
b
a
ck
in
th
e
d
a
ys
wh
e
n
b
ea
utiful
—
or
at
l
ea
st
b
ea
utifully
dr
e
ss
e
d
—
l
a
di
e
s
a
nd
g
e
ntl
eme
n
wou
l
d
invit
e
th
e
world
to
s
ee
th
em
a
nd
th
e
ir
a
ntics
.
Nea
rly
a
c
e
ntury
ago.
N
ow
,
prop
e
r
soci
e
ty
pr
e
f
e
rr
e
d
to
hid
e
b
e
hind
h
ea
vy
dr
a
p
e
s
a
nd
conv
e
y
th
e
p
e
rf
e
ct
pictur
e
of
f
am
ili
a
l
h
a
r
m
ony
.
As
M
ir
a
nd
a
’s
ho
me
wa
s
no
long
e
r
a
nywh
e
r
e
n
ea
r
th
e
f
a
shion
a
bl
e
s
e
t
,
h
e
r
b
a
lcony
h
a
d
not
been
torn
do
w
n
in
th
e
n
ame
of
i
m
prov
eme
nt
.
S
h
e,
for
on
e,
wa
s
gl
a
d
of
it
.

Billy
r
e
clin
e
d
a
g
a
inst
th
e
w
a
ll
.
H
is
postur
e
wa
s
stiff
a
nd
unco
m
fort
a
bl
e,
but
h
e
wa
s
h
ea
ling
w
e
ll
.
We
ll
e
nough
to
insist
th
a
t
h
e
n
ee
d
e
d
a
br
ea
th
of
air.