“Where are you going?” she asked half fearfully.

“To bed,” he said gruffly. “My head aches. Good-night.”

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CHAPTER V.
BETWEEN A DREAM AND A DREAM.

“It isn’t the thing you do, dear,

It’s the thing you leave undone,

Which gives you a bit of heartache

At the setting of the sun—

The loving touch of the hand, dear,

The gentle and winsome tone,

That you had no time nor thought for,