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【】lockisit”heasked,heservaered. ”juststruckfive,sir.” ”ed. ”yes,sir.” ”ihaveslept,”ralphsaid,halaugh.”however,ifeelall rightagain,now. ”isbrotherup” ”no,sir,”thensaid. ”percy”ralphshouted,”itisfiveoclotheafteoo up.” ”theentlenisnotiroosir,”theservant said. ”ishenot”ralphsaid,puzzled.”ielysleepylast night,certainly;butnottoosleepy,ishouldhavethought,to havedeastakeaboutthat.ifeelsurehehe roo” ”hee toseeyoujustafteryougotintobedorderedhiobecarried aton,ihatheghtnotdisturbyou. hesaiditialthatyoushouldhaveyoursleepout, undisturbed.” ”butybrotherdisturb”ralphasked,anxiously.”is henotwell” ”no,sir,hehasgotfever.hehasbeencallingout,agreatdeal. hehasgott,aorhasbeenevery hour.” bythistiralphofbed. ”herearesoansaid,handingtheohi ”thelandlordthoughtyoueatonce,whenyouwoke; andorderedthreeorfoursuitsforyoutotry.” ralphseizedthefirstthatcatohand,andthreon. ”allparisy,last night,sir.therehavebeenhundredsofpeopleheretocall.” ralphdidnotevenhearwassaid. ”ohiatonce.” theservantledralphalongapassageandstoppedatadoor,at ercyopehedoor. ”thisistheentlen.” thesisteropehedoorforralphtoenter. ”heisquietnopassioone. ralph.percylayinthebed,hhishead surroundedhiewasflushed,andhiseyeswild.he ovinguneasilyabout,talkingtohielf. ”itisthatsasterofit,”hettered. ”he,butisupposewe didnt.perhapshegotdoer,how uldhehavebetrayedusagain ”ihaveheardofliquidfire,butthatgotinto veins,sohoeadofblood.itellyou,ralph,itsno good.itstanditanylonger;butihat saster,first.letgetathi”andhedeaneffortto rise. thesistertriedtorestrainhibutsoviolents torisethatralphingdown hischeeksdoe quiet,thesisterforediebetweenhislipsralph holdinguphishead. ”shallispeaktohiralphasked.”heyknoyvoice.” ”betteot,sir,”thenursesaid,”it offagain.” ””ralphasked. ”hesaysitisbraihenursesaid.”heonlysaiditght besodays,beforethecrisisdthatheuldnotgive aohavehope.” ”thankgod,atleast,forthat”ralphsaid,eaestly. percy,tuinghisheadroundagain,caughtsightofralph. ”ah,thereisthatsasteragainifnooneelsewillhang hiiyself.letgetathi andheagaindedesperateeffortstogetoutofbed. ”youhadbettergo,sir,”ohesisterssaid,urgently.”the sightofyoukeshiogood.” seeingthatit;hisonly fortbeingthatperded,andlookedafter, asittobe.hehadselyretuedtohis rooerwasshownin. ”idaresayyouhardlyreer,”hesaid.”icaherehyou, lastnight.” ”iaerygladtoseeyouagain,andtothankyouforthetrouble youtook,”ralphsaid.”ioosleepytodoso,lastnight.” ”notatall,”theoffishereha ssagefrohegeneral,noodineh hiut,hearingofthestateofyourbrother,heuldnotaskyou toleavehiorsolongati;buthewouldbegladifyouwould etoseehiforanhour,thisevening.heoknowhow youopassthroughthegernlines;andhealsodesires tobeinford,asfarasyouation,ofthe nuerandpositionoftheene. ”orethananything,isthatthedispatches aredatedtheingofthethirteenthinstant;andyouwere pickedup,bythefarcey,upontheeveningofthesixteenth.it seeincrediblethatyoushouldhavedohedistand ogetthroughthegernlines,ii.onlyone otherssengerhasgh;andhisdispatchesorethan tendaysold,heyreachedus,andhadbeealledby sopigeons.youeerthananywehave received.” ”is,”ralph said;”onthefourteenthatlun,oeenthatversailles; andlastnightasyouknowhere.” ”istheinfortionbeforethegeneral,”theofficer said,halaugh.”itishalfpastsix,no seven.ateshallwesaynine” ”ihereatnine,”ralphsaid,”butthegeneralwill,i hope,ex,orfulldressofany kind.ihave,ofurse,nothinge.” ”gerodthat,”theofficersaid. ”goodbye.” ralphno.thedoctorhadjuste.he paniedbyanotherdi.ralphstoodby,i attentioorfeltpercyspulse,andaskedafew questionsoftheheythengavesoorders,andsaidthat freshdieshouldbesentin,inaquarterofanhour;andthat theyeinagain,attenok,toseehowhewasgoing on. ”,sir”ralphasked,asthedoe out. ”hehasasharpattackofbraihedoctorsaid,”butheis young, through.iotsayanythingforcertain,atpresenttillthe fevertakesatu,oherbutihavestronghopes.” ralphorderedsodiobesentuptohisrooforhebegan tobekeenlyaore thanteal,hesatin per,untilitetogotogerochus;keeping hielf,hoionsoastobehiddenbythe evideedthepatient.percy was,as ...