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(7) I rose up and went over to Lemarchant's side. Horror of horrors, he was sleeping soundly!
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(8) I laid the altered powder quietly by his pillow, took away his that I had laid out in readiness for him, and
crept back to my own place noiselessly. There I lay awake, hot and feverish, wondering to myself hour after
hour when he would ever wake and take it.
(9) At last he woke and looked over towards me with unusual interest. "Hullo, Docļor," he said quite genially,
"how are you this morning, eh? getting on well, I hope." It was the first time during all my illness that he had
ever inquired after me.
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