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THE CASE OF MR. RYALSTONE
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I inchned my head and greatly
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singled out for the honour of receiving his confidence. But the question must have smacked of sarcasm, and I did not want to The Public is hereby notified that on and after Monday July wound him. He seemed to read my 31st. 1933 Broadcast Receiving Licences will be obtainable at the thoughts, for he said: Radio Counter of the Government Radio Office, Des Voeux Road, Cen- "I have very few friends, you see, tral instead of at the Licensing Office, 1st Floor, G.P.0, es at pre-and I felt that I had tỷ talk to sent.
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someone to-day."
"Why to-day?" I asked..
He leaned forward, his fingers twitching nervously.
"Because I'm afraid. Because for the last half dozen nights Surridge} has been . Last night, in my dream, I was Surridge as usual but, I was very weak and hardly con- scious. There was a nurse in the room all the time, and my-er- | Surridge's wife and daughter had both been crying. A strange man who looked like a doctor came in be twice. You know-you must able to guess what I've been thinking about all day. Suppose Surridge dles. Suppose"
"You mean," I amended, "suppose. you dream that he dies?"
"If you like. Well, what then? What's going to happen to me? | What**
"Once your subconscious mind had accepted the fact of the man's: death, I should think you'd stop dreaming."
Ryalstone looked at me eagerly and smiled.
"Do you think so?" he asked.!
"Do you think it, would be only that?"
"What else would you expect?" I queried.
He turned his face from me and
10.30 am.looked haggardly into the fire.
"I don't know. I daren't think.
(To connect with the 8.8, "Houtman" at Batavia: leaving God knows I shall be afraid to go Batavia, on August 23, 1933), Tjisondari
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to sleep to-night. I shall try hard I daren't go to keep myself awake.
longer. on with that dream any Last night was almost too much for
me.
I was dying and I knew it. Dying's a
sensation. Ghastly!"
ghastly
It was by now past four o'clock, so we ordered tea and toast, and ate and drank at our ease before! the fire. We went on discussing his dreams, but he told me little that was not in the nature of repetition.!
still could not bring myself, to believe him, but his story had none; the less intrigued me, and it had jhastened the passing of a dull
afternoon.
Presently one of the younger; 4.15 p..generation looked into the room, 5 pm..
pounced on me, and demanded that I should make a fourth at bridge. Ryalstone remarked that it was 'time the dressed for a very early dinner
before leaving for the concert; and] [so we parted.
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At eight o'clock I was back in the 2.30 p.m. smoking-room for a cocktall before! 3.30 p.m. dinner, when in stalked Miles] 3.30 p.m. Kennedy, whom I hadn't seen for years. He was making that hissing 3.30 p.m. noise of one who grooms horses,
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and rubbing his fat white hands as! if they were frozen.
"You're not cold?" I said, afterį we had grected.
"Not cold!" said Kennedy. "You'dį be cold, my lad, if you'd driven up! from Somerset to-day. The wind, 12.46 p.m. was dead east, most of the time. 1.30 p.m.
You staying here? What have you been doing with yourself all day?"
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A man named i Ryalstone mostly," I answered. "Know him?”
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Kennedy shook his head.
"Not by name. Who is he?" ....Aug. 18, 5 p.m.
"That," I replied, "Isn't at all an Aug. 19, 9.45 am easy question to answer. However, 10,30 am what he, told me was confidential, so I musta't pass it on to you. By
the way, didn't you say you'd just! come up from Somerset ?"
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"What, old, Ben Surridge? I returning from Queen's Hall, should think I do! Do you know
him, then? He's quite a character, my room woke me with early tea at port and is due to arrive on August
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Poor old cbag!"
"Why poor old chap?" I asked. thought that his tread was event
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"Well, I'm damned!" I exclaimed. I sat up in bed and stared blank Kennedy eyed, me queerly, but Tly at him. EKA didn't tell him what had, wrung the "Yes," I began, "what" ejaculation from me. An eerie "He was staying here, wir in sensation, had stolen over me. If Number Eight I went in with his The R.M.S.-"Empress-of-Russia"
10 m. Ryalstone had invented his queer ten an hour ago and found him bying will leaves Vancouver via ports on
story he had certainly apared no dead in his bed,” 4.30 p.m. pafna to make it circumstantial
.p.m.
[From "Someone in the Room" I did not see him any more that ... (Jarrolds).}
| August 23, is due at Hong Kong on September 18, and leaves for Manils the same evening,