Part 75 (1/2)

Did I talk much when I was unconscious?

NATHANIEL

You talked almost continuously.

JONATHAN

Did I?... You said you'd tell me what I said--when I was strong enough....

I'm pretty strong now.

NATHANIEL

Do you know what I did?

JONATHAN

I don't know.

NATHANIEL (_showing ma.n.u.script_)

Can you guess?

JONATHAN (_Looks at ma.n.u.script_)

”Jonathan Builds a Fear.” What does that mean?

NATHANIEL

When you were delirious I listened to what you said and then I made a story out of it.

JONATHAN

You mean this is all about me?

NATHANIEL

It's about a little hunchback who thought he was you.

JONATHAN

I know. I was always trying to make somebody know me, and finally I thought I jumped from the top of a hill and I seemed to be falling for years and years....

NATHANIEL

Those were terrible days, my boy, and do you know, we were afraid you wouldn't live.

JONATHAN

It was a terrible feeling.