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a [[strikethrough]] ?? [[/strikethrough]] ^[[opposingly]] safe method. Being healthy and famished I choose the former as the more satisfactory of the two and candy, chocolate bars ^[[and what-not]] were devoutly devoured as part of the ritual. Dinner at seven o'clock found us still chipper and joshing one another. It was noticeable, however, that pinched expressions and forced gaiety were evident in more than one of the company. Some began to get positively yellow.

I held out for some reason unknown to myself - unless it was because I [[strikethrough]] had  [[/strikethrough]] ^[[took]] little liquid and held strictly to solid food. I retired early but came perilously near to giving up the ghost before I turned in. My retreat to bed was not an instance