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had been done & then went over & May who had not lost consciousness
but who seemed for a minute to be a sort of trance without power to move
looked up at her rescuer. It was Harry Phillips My God Miss Stone
you aren't hurt he said when he saw her face. You aren't hurt he
said breathlessly the sound of his voice brought back her
power of action. She shook her head & then attempted to rise. For
a moment the sense of her deserted her & she realized [only?] the
absurdity of the position. To Harry's great surprise she began to
laugh. He helped her up & noticing how she was [breathing?] ask if he
might not walk with her as far as she was going. Don't be afraid of [I shouldn't have hysterics?] or do anything absurd and only going
[?] a step as far as Mrs Merriam's she replied but I wish you
would come in with me for perhaps then I shall be able to thank
you properly for saving my life. Neither spoke until they reached
the house there was so much to say that they both felt unable to
begin. May walked a little awkwardly & was very white They found Mrs Merriam in her [?] parlor, May felt
that she must explain how Harry happened to have come so
she tried to make as light of it as possible. I have had the
most exciting adventure she began & then the full sense of
the death she had escaped broke upon & She Her laugh
changed to crying & she was [?] to give in to an attack of the
very hysterics she had thought of with scorn. Why May my dear
child whatever is the matter asked Mrs. Merriam astonished
at this inexplicable conduct. May tried to talk but only sobbed the
harder & Mrs. Merriam in despair turned to Harry for an explanation. He too