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"In
one sense the crisis is over, and you've heard the news which I
scarcely knew how to break to you. You say you will have strength
of mind to meet what is required of you. I trust you may. But it's
time you understood the situation as far as I do. Mother's words
show she's off the track in her suspicion. Nichol is not to blame
in any sense. He is deserving of all sympathy, and yet--oh, dear,
it is such a complication!" and the old man groaned as he thought
of the personality who best knew himself as Yankee Blank. "The
fact is," he resumed to his breathless listeners, "Nichol is not
ill at all physically. His mind is affected--"
Mrs. Kemble sank back in her chair, and Helen uttered a cry of
dismay.
"Yes, his mind is affected peculiarly. He remembers nothing that
happened before he was wounded. You must realize this, Helen; you
must prepare yourself for it. His loss of memory is much more sad
than if he had lost an arm or a leg. He remembers only what he has
picked up since his injury."
"Then, then, he's not insane?" gasped Helen.


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