So Nurse Newberry returned to the ward, somewhat gratified to find her charge again peacefully asleep. The next day the patient did not revert to his obsession, but lay very quiet looking out of the window. His failure to reveal his secret left him moody and thoughtful. But his temperature was normal and he was without pain. The next day the patient did not revert to his obsession, but lay very quiet looking out of the window. His failure to reveal his secret left him moody and thoughtful. But his temperature was normal and he was without pain. "You say there were some things in the pockets of—of my blouse," he asked of the nurse. "You say there were some things in the pockets of—of my blouse," he asked of the nurse. "Yes, would you like to have them?" The patient nodded and she gave them to him, the identification disk, a wrist watch, some money, a note-book and some papers. He looked them over in an abstracted way, sinking back on his pillow at last, holding the letters in his hand. Then at last as though coming to a difficult decision, he took one of the letters out of its envelope and began reading. "Yes, would you like to have them?" The patient nodded and she gave them to him, the identification disk, a wrist watch, some money, a note-book and some papers. He looked them over in an abstracted way, sinking back on his pillow at last, holding the letters in his hand. Then at last as though coming to a difficult decision, he took one of the letters out of its envelope and began reading. It was in a feminine hand and added more heavily to the burden of his responsibilities. It was in a feminine hand and added more heavily to the burden of his responsibilities. "Dear Harry" (it ran): "Dear Harry" (it ran): "I'm just back to my room, a wife of three hours with a honeymoon in a railway station! It all seems such a mistake—without even an old shoe to bless myself with. If I've helped you I'm glad of it. But I'm not going to lie just to square us two with the Almighty for the mockery I've been through. I don't love you, Harry, and you know that. I did what Dad asked me to do and I'd do it again if he asked me. "I'm just back to my room, a wife of three hours with a honeymoon in a railway station! It all
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