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=3.= Yon sprawling shadow, pied with candle-glow etc.

Another of the gripping memory pictures. Can a man who dreams

such a waking dream kill another, even one who has betrayed him,

in cold blood?

=21.= Or was this but the fretted wraith of Hugh etc.

The feeling that he is a ghost comes to Hugh twice in this

incident of finding the fort. His long journey, his weakened

physical condition and his exhausted emotions combine to make

life seem unreal.

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