tablealight，thatwasall——sometimesoneorotherwouldflareupintoatall，lean，astonishedflameforaspace。Andqueerthingshappened。
’Ican’t，’hesaid；’Ishallnever——！’Andsuddenlyhesatdownonalittlechairatthefootofthebedandbegantosobandsob。
Lord！whataharrowing，whimperingthingheseemed！
“’Youpullyourselftogether，’Isaid，andtriedtopathimontheback，and……myconfoundedhandwentthroughhim！Bythattime，youknow，Iwasn’tnearlyso——massiveasIhadbeenonthelanding。
Igotthequeernessofitfull。Iremembersnatchingbackmyhandoutofhim，asitwere，withalittlethrill，andwalkingovertothedressing-table。’Youpullyourselftogether，’Isaidtohim，’andtry。’AndinordertoencourageandhelphimIbegantotryaswell。“