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SON OF THE SUN the same time his eyes said to her that this would not be the case with her. His hands fidgeted, for they wanted to hold this young woman closer. Her eyes found his depths and bound him into 1 slavery. Then he spoke, in a voice weakened by his emotion. “Yes,” he sighed, “it is one thing to me; categorical record, and nothing more. I will bear up under all that your people can give me in experiences, and I will merely relegate it all to history in written word. Even you; even you, my Waterloo; even you shall be a mere written name in | my records. So, T am to learn first the c mt. ord meaning of woman in the consciousness of man. That, I know, is what I am now going through. But I shall forget it. Believe me, I shall forget all of you, reducing you all to mere names and events.” His male guide remained in his place a few feet away, fixed in concern by his strange behavior. He looked like a statue, so much aloofness was he assuming, as he entrusted to his beloved the responsibility of administering unto Adam’s fragile emotions. He did not interfere, nor did he speak a word. “Shall we go on to your lodging, Adam?” the young lady suggested. “Yes,” he replied, “I am not tired or sleepy now, but I feel it is time to be there, so I am ready.” “Well,” said the young woman, “walk right in. The cottage before you is yours.” They had stepped onto the lawn of his assigned cottage. She turned her eyes from Adam to her escort, then to Adam again, back and forth from one to the other, hardly realizing she had just spoken in such a detached manner. The man who had been Adam’s first guide on Andromeda bade him a casual goodbye, inferring he was leaving the situation henceforth in the capable hands of the young woman. His services seemed to have come to an end. away. Suddenly she burst out, running toward him, “Leo! Oh, Leo! I know now the folly of follies. Your absence will leave a void of many moments in my life. I would come with you now if you say so. I would, Leo, if you truly say it.” 90 The little teacher turned to her friend as he turned and walked