The strange phenomenon was visible only for a moment or two, and as it passed out of my sight it passed also out of my mind.
"No," I said, replying to the last question; "I can think of no way in which he could have effectually hidden a store of morphine.

Judging by the symptoms, he has taken a large dose, and, if he has been in the habit of consuming large quantities, his stock would be pretty bulky.

I can offer no suggestion whatever." "I suppose you consider him quite out of danger now ?" "Oh, not at all.

I think we can pull him round if we persevere, but he must not be allowed to sink back into a state of coma.

We must keep him on the move until the effects of the drug have really passed off.