You were right and I was the crazy one."
"Good, I rejoice with you."
With that voice coming nearer and pouring its melody upon us, we could not
say more at the time. I threw myself into a chair, let my head fall back,
and closed my eyes to enjoy it. The doctor, feeling it to be better to let
me think it out by myself, stole away and left me alone.
Alone, but not lonesome, for was not Mona with me? I could see her every
look and motion, and experienced with a great throb of the heart that my
love had only strengthened with my period of forgetfulness. I remembered
her last words, that very likely we would never see her again. But why
should not she be saved as easily as we were? What if she were even now
afloat in the ocean? But perhaps some one had rescued her. Could she be in
Mars and singing for other ears than mine? Singing! Why, who is singing
now, right here in this very house? Can it be possible? How stupid I have
been. Perhaps I can see her now.
I jumped up and rushed from the room, but was no sooner outside my door
than the voice began to die again, and in a moment the last notes had
floated away.
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