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Take this dose of quinine at once,
and then proceed. I can catch on rapidly. First answer, how much
have you slept since?"
"The idea of sleep! You can remedy this, Doctor, after my part in
this affair is over. I must finish now. Helen may return, and I
cannot meet her, nor am I equal to seeing Mr. and Mrs. Nichol. My
head feels queer, but I'll get through somehow, if the strain is
not kept up too long;" and he finished in outline his story. In
conclusion he said, "You will understand that you are now to have
charge of Nichol. He is prepared by his experience to obey you,
for he has always been in hospitals, where the surgeon's will is
law. Except with physicians, he has a sort of rough waywardness,
learned from the soldiers."
"Yes, I understand sufficiently now to manage. You put him in my
charge, then go home, and I'll visit you as soon as I can."
"One word more, Doctor. As far as you think best, enjoin reticence
on Jackson. If the sight of Helen restores Nichol, as I believe it
will, little need ever be said about his present condition.


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