Emily awoke feeling as if her body were heavy.
Her head ached, too. She felt as if she herself had had a long, long dream, and could not remember all that had passed in it.
Slowly she rose and looked about her blankly. " Where is this place?" Emily muttered to herself; her mind was a blank; everything here was foreign to her.
The early morning sunlight streamed through the windows, and the chirping of birds could be heard outside. Emily got out of bed, barefoot, and made her way step by step to the balcony. The gentle sunlight fell upon her as she took deep breaths, while she tried to find some of the memories in her brain.
Yet she could find nothing, not even the slightest fragment of a memory. She did not know where the place was, she did not know why she was here, she did not even remember her name.
" Why is this happening?" Emily was suddenly seized with an unaccountable alarm. How could she not even remember who she was?
