But this divination of the great secret, so longed for, was already clouded over by sleep. Once again all the happenings of the past hours flitted through Edgar's mind, once again the leaves in the book of his childhood were turned alluringly, then the child fell asleep, and the profounder dream of his life began. * * * * * Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: actualy=> actually {pg 23} aimlesly=> aimlessly {pg 24} chilren=> children {pg 45} cry or rebuke=> cry of rebuke {pg 48} End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Burning Secret, by Stefan Zweig