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Vernon was listening, trying to understand what the doctor was saying to him. He looked across the table at him. A tall thin man with eyes that seemed to see right into the centre of you and to read there things that you didnтАЩt even know about yourself.
And he made you see all the things you didnтАЩt want to see. Made you bring things up out of the depths. He was saying:
тАЬNow that you have remembered, tell me again exactly how you saw the announcement of your wifeтАЩs marriage.тАЭ
Vernon cried out: тАЬMust we go over it again and again? It was all so horrible. I donтАЩt want to think of it any more.тАЭ
And then the doctor explained, gravely and kindly, but very impressively. It was because of that desire not to тАЬthink of it any moreтАЭ that all this had come about. It must be faced nowтБатАФthrashed out. Otherwise the loss of memory might return.
They went all over it again.
And then, when Vernon felt he could bear no more, he was told to lie down on a couch. The doctor touched his forehead and his limbs, told him that he was restingтБатАФwas restedтБатАФthat he would become strong and happy again.тБатАКтБатАж
A feeling of peace came over Vernon.
He closed his eyes.тБатАКтБатАж