Dia membawa kursi ke kamar dan meletakkannya di samping bagian atas tempat tidurnya. Lalu dia memegang tangannya saat dia tertidur. Itu sangat kecil di tangannya sendiri, dan rasanya hangat dan kering. Dia menekan tangannya dengan lembut, dan jari -jarinya mengembalikan tekanan, tetapi hanya hanya, karena dia hampir tertidur saat itu. Dia ingat, tetapi tidak terlalu baik, apa itu tertidur memegang tangan orang lain; Betapa berharga pengalaman seperti itu, betapa beruntungnya orang -orang yang dijamin oleh para dewa persahabatan, atau cinta. Dia pikir dia sudah lupa itu, tapi sekarang dia ingat.

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(She brought a chair into the room and placed it alongside the top of his bed. Then she held his hand as he drifted off to sleep. It was so small in her own hand, and it felt warm and dry. She pressed his hand gently, and his fingers returned the pressure, but only just, as he was almost asleep by then. She remembered, but not very well, what it was to fall asleep holding the hand of another; how precious such an experience, how fortunate those to whom it was vouchsafed by the gods of Friendship, or of Love. She thought she had forgotten that, but now she remembered.)