Life means so much to you--and so little to me.

I've seen too much, and you've only just begun to see." Laying him gently down, Rockwell summoned the nurse and Jim Beadle and spoke to them in low tones.

"He knows now, and it has hit him hard, but not so hard that he won't stiffen to it.

It might have been worse." He gave instructions as to the care that should be taken, and replaced the bandages on the eyes.

It was, however, long before Ingolby was restored to consciousness, and when it came, Rockwell put to his lips a cooling drink containing a powerful opiate.