And as I say, he was a deal worse than they thought, much worse, and the doctor had to be fetched to him more than once during the afternoon.

Still Dr.Valdey himself never said to me that there was any immediate danger.

But that's neither here nor there--the young fellow died that night." "That night!" exclaimed Gilling, "the night he came here ?" "Very same night," assented Mrs.Salmon.

"Brought in here about two in the afternoon and died just before midnight--soon after Miss Chatfield came in from the theatre.

Went very suddenly at the end." "Were you present ?" asked Copplestone.
"I wasn't.