And after he had gone, somehow the very mention of his name began to chill me.

You see nobody knew.

The deception became a shame to me, then a dull horror.

But, little by little, not seeing him, and being young, after a year the unreality of it all grew stronger, and it seemed as though I were awaking from a nightmare, among familiar things once more....

And for a year it has been so, though at night, sometimes, I still lie awake.