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He breathed heavily now, hoping to convince her that he was in a deep slumber.

There is a strange electricity that passes from one human body to another when they are in close proximity. In his bed, Jason was over- whelmed by this charge of energy and, even though he dared not flutter his eyelids to see, he knew that Edith stood alongside him. He breathed harder, hoping again to dissuade further investigation.

He felt a touch on his pillow by the side of his head. Was she adjusting the covers? Then, his heart sank!

Edith's hand was softly fingering a small piece of satin ribbon that protruded from the shoulder of the sleeping gown from beneath the covers. Unbeknownst to Jason, the bow opened when he made his hasty retreat a few moments ago and now lay in a random loop on the pillow next to his head. He sensed that something was awry. When he felt the slight tug, he knew that the thin, pink strand had betrayed his secret. Sickness at the thought of displeasing his beloved sister overtook him. A soft moan escaped from his lips.

He is still as the hand gently lifts back the covers and lays bare the form of Jason beneath the shimmering folds of satin. The boy feels the cooler air of the room on his side and his chest and stomach. He is too paralyzed to move. A tear forms in the corner of one of his tightly closed eyes. Filled with remorse over his brazen act, he cannot fathom what possessed him to betray the trust of his dear sister by sneaking into the privacy of her room and taking liberties with her most intimate things.

It had been a heady experience. With no forethought or planning whatsoever, the scheme simply sprang into his consciousness after dinner when she left to spend a few hours of study with her friends. He knew that the girls held to a rigid schedule on such occasions and that Edith would return at about eleven o'clock.

Almost as soon as her small car disappeared down the tree-lined street, the uncanny force was drawing Jason to her room across the hallway from his own. The young man was dizzy with expectation and, as he inhaled deeply of the fragrance of the chamber, he sat on

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