What IS the wind ? '' `` I -- I -- do n't know , '' I stammered . `` No more do I , '' said Peg , `` and nobody knows . Nobody knows what the wind is . I wish I could find out . I might n't be so afraid of the wind if I knew what it was . I am afraid of it . When the blasts come like that I want to crouch down and hide me . But I can tell you one thing about the wind -- it 's the only free thing in the world -- THE -- ONLY -- FREE -- THING . Everything else is subject to some law , but the wind is FREE . It bloweth where it listeth and no man can tame it . It 's free -- that 's why I love it , though I 'm afraid of it . It 's a grand thing to be free -- free free -- free ! '' Peg 's voice rose almost to a shriek . We were dreadfully frightened , for we knew there were times when she was quite crazy and we feared one of her `` spells '' was coming on her . But with a swift movement she turned the man 's coat she wore up over her shoulders and head like a hood , completely hiding her face . Then she crouched forward , elbows on knees , and relapsed into silence . None of us dared speak or move . We sat thus for half an hour . Then Peg jumped up and said briskly in her usual tone , `` Well , I guess yez are all sleepy and ready for bed .
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