"WELL, WE'LL SEE ABOUT THAT, 00 JOSIE SAID, SQUEEZING HIS HAND IN RESPONSE. "ALL THE RESULTS YOUR AUNT IS HOPING FOR HAVEN'T BEEN ENTIRELY ACHIEVED AS YET. BUT WE HAVE MADE A GOOD START."

GERALD WONDERED WHAT JOSIE MEANT BY THAT STATEMENT. SHOULD ME WORRY ABOUT THE IMPORT OF HER WORDS? OR SHOULD HE SIMPLY GO TO SLEEP AND LET WHATEVER WAS TO COME TAKE PLACE?

HIS EYELIDS WERE GROWING HEAVIER AND HEAVIER BY THE MOMENT, AND SOON SLEEP CAME TO SOOTHE HIS DOUBTS. SWEET DREAMLESS SLEEP.

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THE MORNING SUNLIGHT STREAMING IN GREAT SHAFTS THROUGH THE PANES OF WINDOW GLASS ACROSS THE ROOM FROM GERALD'S BED WOKE HIM FROM HIS SOUND SLUMBER THE NEXT MORNING.

RUBBING THE SLEEP FROM HIS EYES, ME LOOKED TO SEE IF JOSIE WAS STILL THERE, BUT SHE HAD DEPARTED DURING THE NIGHT TO RETURN TO THE SERVANTS' QUARTERS AND HER OWN BED.

IN SPITE OF HIS EXHAUSTING ACTIVITIES OF THE DAY BEFORE, GERALD FELT QUITE

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