Page:Early Autumn (1926).pdf/319

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

deep black, coming along briskly in a cloud of crape. No, nothing had changed. It would go on and on. . . .

The door opened and the sickly odor of medicines flooded the hallway. Out of the darkness came the sound of a feeble, reed-like voice, terrible in its sanity, saying, "Oh, it's you, Olivia. I knew you'd come. I've been waiting for you. . . ."

The End

Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island

June 4, 1925

St. Jean-de-Luz, B. P., France

July 21, 1926