Chapter 11

It was time for my lesson, but I was in no mood for study, so I gloomily pushed the books and papers to one side and went and stood by one of the windows, gazing aimlessly at the beautiful garden below. It is always darkest before dawn. As I stood there at the window, with my spirits at a low ebb, there came to my eyes a vision which changed the entire course of my life. For, crossing the courtyard below me, was what seemed to be a human being! Here at last was some one for me to talk to! But was it a human being, …