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"I am glad of that," I heard the doctor murmur under his breath, but so low that I only just caught the words, and Sangree missed them altogether, as evidently he was meant to do. I AM GLAD OF THAT I HEARD THE DOCTOR MURMUR UNDER HIS BREATH BUT SO LOW THAT I ONLY JUST CAUGHT THE WORDS AND SANGREE MISSED THEM ALTOGETHER AS EVIDENTLY HE WAS MEANT TO DO
rced laugh. "I trust not, indeed," Dr. Silence said quietly. "But what makes you think the creature is starved?" He asked the question with his eyes straight on the other's face. The prompt question explained to me why I had started, and I waited with just a tremor of excitement for the reply. Sangree hesitated a moment, as though the question took him by surprise. But he met the doctor's gaze unflinchingly across the fire, and with complete honesty. "Really," he faltered, with a little shrug of the shoulders, "I can hardly tell you. The phrase seemed to come out of its own accord. I have felt from the beginning that it was in pain and—starved, though why I felt this never occurred to me till you asked." "You really know very little about it, then?" said the other, with a sudden gentleness in his voice. "No more than that," Sangree replied, looking at him with a puzzled expression that was unmistakably genuine. "In fact, nothing at all, really," he added, by way of further explanation. RNED SHARPLY WE ALL LAUGHED A LITTLE SHORT FORCED LAUGH I TRUST NOT INDEED DOCTOR SILENCE SAID QUIETLY BUT WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THE CREATURE STARVED HE ASKED THE QUESTION WITH HIS EYES STRAIGHT ON THE OTHER'S FACE THE PROMPT QUESTION EXPLAINED TO ME WHY I HAD STARTED AND I WAITED WITH JUST A TREMOR OF EXCITEMENT FOR THE REPLY SANGREE HESITATED A MOMENT AS THOUGH THE QUESTION TOOK HIM BY SURPRISE BUT HE MET THE DOCTOR'S GAZE UNFLINCHINGLY ACROSS THE FIRE AND WITH COMPLETE HONESTY REALLY HE FALTERED WITH A LITTLE SHRUG OF THE SHOULDERS I CAN HARDLY TELL YOU THE PHRASE SEEMED TO COME OUT OF ITS OWN ACCORD I HAVE FELT FROM THE BEGINNING THAT IT WAS IN PAIN AND STARVED THOUGH WHY I FELT THIS NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TILL YOU ASKED YOU REALLY KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT IT THEN SAID THE OTHER WITH A SUDDEN GENTLENESS IN HIS VOICE NO MORE THAN THAT SANGREE REPLIED LOOKING AT HIM WITH A PUZZLED EXPRESSION THAT WAS UNMISTAKABLY GENUINE IN FACT NOTHING AT ALL REALLY HE ADDED BY WAY OF FURTHER EXPLANATION
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