His walk became slower, his head began to droop, and at last he stumbled toward the bed in the corner of the room, threw himself heavily down, and was almost instantly sound asleep.

Five minutes later the door opened quietly and Dr.Green entered.
He had been listening outside the door, had noticed the change in the character of Ned's walk, and having heard the fall upon the bed, and had no fear of his rousing himself at his entrance.

The boy was lying across the bed, and the doctor, who was a powerful man, lifted him gently and laid him with his head upon the pillow.

He felt his pulse, and lifted his eyelid.
"It was a strong dose," he said to himself, "far stronger than I should have dared give him at any other time, but nothing less would have acted, with his brain in such an excited state.

I must keep in the town today and look in from time to time and see how he is going on.