How long I waited in this position I do not know, but it suddenly occurred to me that I was passing away, and for a moment all the old scenes came closer. They were passing by in a sort of procession.
A sudden impulse caused me to raise myself into a sitting position. I waved my hand above my head and shouted out, "Good-bye." The procession was over. I lay down again and waited for the end.
CHAPTER XX[ToC]
AT THE MERCY OF THE HUN—AND AFTER
A BASIN OF SOUP. HOSPITAL AT ST. QUENTIN. THE "OPEN SESAME"
A moment or two later something occurred which caused my wearied brain to be roused again into activity. What could it mean?
I was again thinking hard, listening intently; something undefinable had happened to suddenly revive my mental condition. Had I passed away, and was this the next life? I felt like one who had awakened out of a dream in the dead of night, conscious that some one or something was moving near him.