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I looked out. How many hours the sun had been up there was no means of knowing.
The sky was low and slaty gray; a fine rain was falling. I stepped out.
The garden of Norhala was a wreckage of uprooted and splintered trees and torn masses of what had been blossoming verdure.
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I reentered the blue globe and paused on the threshold — staring into the wide and wondering eyes of Ruth bolt upright in her silken bed with Norhala’s cloak clutched to her chin like a suddenly awakened and startled child. As she glimpsed me she stretched out her hand. Drake, wide awake on the instant, leaped to his feet, his hand jumping to his pistol.
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“Dick!” she whispered, and held soft arms out to him. The cloak fell from her. He swung her up. Their lips met.
Upon them, embraced, the wakening eyes of Ventnor dwelt; they filled with relief and joy, nor was there lacking in them a certain amusement.
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“Ruth,” called Ventnor softly.
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“Martin.” She raised her face to him. “Martin, it’s GONE! I’m — ME again! All ME! What happened? Where’s Norhala?”
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And had there not been evidence that in her body had been echoed the torments of Norhala’s? Had she forgotten? I started to speak — was checked by Ventnor’s swift, warning glance.
“She’s — over in the Pit,” he answered her quietly. “But do you remember nothing, little sister?”
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