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After a wretched night of tossing about, of laboriously taking the puzzle to pieces and reassembling it in patterns equally perplexing, and of fantastic dreams--in one of which Johnny, pretending lameness, limped up to the Carpenter and had himself healed--Simon roused dully and prepared for breakfast. His head ached and he was very much out of sorts.
His place alone was laid at the table, which meant that Andrew had eaten and gone and that Hannah too had breakfasted. As for the Idumean ragamuffin, Simon hadn't given him a thought since leaving him yesterday in Hannah's care. Doubtless the youngster was well on his way by this time.