Can there be room for doubt that it was Thomas Roch?
As far as he was concerned they would not have had to take the precaution of gagging him, or of bandaging his eyes, or of binding him.

He must still have been in a state of prostration which precluded the possibility of his making any resistance, or even of being conscious of what was being done.

The proof that I am not deceiving myself is that I could smell the unmistakable odor of ether.

Now, yesterday, before taking leave of us, the doctor administered a few drops of ether to the invalid and--I remember distinctly--a little of this extremely volatile substance fell upon his clothing while he was struggling in his fit.

There is therefore nothing astonishing in the fact that this odor should have clung to him, nor that I should have distinguished it, even beneath the bandages that covered my face.
Yes, Thomas Roch was extended near me in the boat.