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Seaton awoke, hot and uncomfortable, but with a great surge of joy in his heart -- this was his wedding day! Springing from the bed, he released the full stream of the "cold" water, filling the tank in a few moments. Poising lightly upon the edge, he made a clean, sharp dive, and yelled in surprise as he came snorting to the surface. For Dunark had made good his promise -- the water was only a few degrees above the freezing point! After a few minutes of vigorous splashing in the icy water, he rubbed himself down with a coarse towel, shaved, threw on his clothes, and lifted his powerful, but musical, bass voice in the wedding chorus from "The Rose Maiden."
_"Rise, sweet maid, arise, arise, / Rise, sweet maid, arise, arise, / 'Tis the last fair morning for thy maiden eyes,"_