? ? ? ? As she rose to go, she turned to me with the whimsical way she had, and said:
? ? ? ? 'Something is going to happen- is happening, for that matter. I feel it. Something is coming here, to us. It is coming now. I don't know what, but it is coming.'
? ? ? ? 'Good or bad?' I asked.
? ? ? ? She shook her head. 'I don't know, but it is there, somewhere.' She pointed toward the sea and wind.
? ? ? ? 'It's a lee shore,' I laughed, 'and I am sure I'd rather be here than arriving a night like this.'
? ? ? ? 'You are not frightened?' I asked, as I stepped to open the door for her.
? ? ? ? Her eyes looked bravely into mine.
? ? ? ? 'And you feel well? Perfectly well?' I said.
? ? ? ? 'Never better,' was her answer.
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