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ONE DAY, IN ORDER TO SPARE HER EVEN THIS SIGHT, HE SPENT FOUR HOURS CARRYING THE BEDSHEET OVER TO THE COUCH ON HIS BACK AND ARRANGED IT SO THAT HE WAS COMPLETELY COVERED AND HIS SISTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE HIM EVEN IF SHE BENT DOWN. "HOW ABOUT IF I SLEEP A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND FORGET ALL THIS NONSENSE", HE THOUGHT, BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING HE WAS UNABLE TO DO BECAUSE HE WAS USED TO SLEEPING ON HIS RIGHT, AND IN HIS PRESENT STATE COULDN'T GET INTO THAT POSITION. HE LAY ON HIS ARMOUR-LIKE BACK, AND IF HE LIFTED HIS HEAD A LITTLE HE COULD SEE HIS BROWN BELLY, SLIGHTLY DOMED AND DIVIDED BY ARCHES INTO STIFF SECTIONS. THE BEDDING WAS HARDLY ABLE TO COVER IT AND SEEMED READY TO SLIDE OFF ANY MOMENT. HE REMEMBERED THAT HE HAD OFTEN FELT A SLIGHT PAIN IN BED, PERHAPS CAUSED BY LYING AWKWARDLY, BUT THAT HAD ALWAYS TURNED OUT TO BE PURE IMAGINATION AND HE WONDERED HOW HIS IMAGININGS WOULD SLOWLY RESOLVE THEMSELVES TODAY.