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Christy Passford dropped asleep when left alone in the sitting-room, and / his slumber lasted a full hour. During this time Mr. Graines had related / the incidents of the action in which he had been wounded, and given a / full account of the expedition to Mobile Point. He was not sparing in / his praise; but he brought it out in what had been said by others, / especially by the commanders of both vessels and in the demonstrations / of the seamen of the Bellevite.
When the wounded officer awoke it was with a start, and he was surprised / to find he had been asleep in the midst of such happy surroundings. He / rose from his couch, and found that his mother and sister had left the / room. He passed out into the hall, and there heard the voice of the / engineer in the library which he entered at once.