Even now there was no prevailing on him to state his suspicions plainly.
"It's curious," he said, "to see how all mortal speculations on events, generally resolve themselves into threes.

Have we given the emetic too late?
Are my tests insufficient?
Or have I made a complete mistake ?" He turned to his elder colleague.

"My dear doctor, I see you want a positive answer.

No need to leave the room, Mr.Engelman! You and the young English gentleman, your friend, must not be deceived for a single moment so far as I am concerned.

I see in the patient a mysterious wasting of the vital powers, which is not accompanied by the symptoms of any disease known to me to which I can point as a cause.