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 which continued until twelve o'clock, when Harrison suddenly remembered his future profession, and sent them all home.

Then, after fixing Elliot for the night, he said, "Yell if you want anything," and stretched out upon the divan in the study. Elliot didn't yell or say anything.

The next day some of them dropped in before breakfast, and they took turns staying with him all day. Sometimes they read to him, sometimes they talked, at times they cleaned pipes, at times they did nothing. Elliot was doing a lot of thinking.

Mason, sarcastic little Mason, whom Elliot especially despised, arranged to spend the next night with him, perhaps because they were distant cousins.

"Now, go to your own room," said Elliot, after Mason had fixed things, "and go to bed."

"Shut up and go to thunder," said Mason going into the study and turning up the light.

At three o'clock the light was still burning. Elliot thought he heard the snip of a page