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He was interrupted, however, almost imme  diately, by the entrance of his wife. She had changed her dress, and was wearing a loose black tea gown. HE WAS INTERRUPTED HOWEVER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY THE ENTRANCE OF HIS WIFE SHE HAD CHANGED HER DRESS AND WAS WEARING A LOOSE BLACK TEA GOWN
the laboratory. The doctor opened the door and looked in ; the laboratory was in darkness, but he reached his hand upward to a button in the wall and switched on the electric light. The lamps reflected themselves on polished mahogany cases and on the bell-glass that protected a large microscope from the dust. There was rather an unpleasant smell in the room. Shelves and cabinets were ranged all round the walls ; in one corner stood a lead-covered table ; on another table stood two or three bottles and a measuring glass. The doctor put the bottles Ijack in THE OCTAVE OP CLAUDIUS. 29 their places on the shelves, and washed the glass at a square stone basin. He had used the things in preparing the restorative. Then he switched off the electric light and went back into the study again, closing the door behind him. Here he sat down, poured out his coffee, tilted a little glass of Co2:nac into it, lit a cigarette, and began to think. He really had a very great deal to think about that night. BEEN PLACED ALREADY AT ONE END OF THE ROOM WAS A DOOR LEADING INTO THE LABORATORY THE DOCTOR OPENED THE DOOR AND LOOKED IN THE LABORATORY WAS IN DARKNESS BUT HE REACHED HIS HAND UPWARD TO A BUTTON IN THE WALL AND SWITCHED ON THE ELECTRIC LIGHT THE LAMPS REFLECTED THEMSELVES ON POLISHED MAHOGANY CASES AND ON THE BELL GLASS THAT PROTECTED A LARGE MICROSCOPE FROM THE DUST THERE WAS A RATHER UNPLEASANT SMELL IN THE ROOM SHELVES AND CABINETS WERE RANGED ALL AROUND THE WALLS IN ONE CORNER STOOD A LEAD COVERED TABLE ON ANOTHER STOOD TWO OR THREE BOTTLES AND A MEASURING GLASS THE DOCTOR PUT THE BOTTLES BACK IN THEIR PLACES ON THE SHELVES AND WASHED THE GLASS AT A SQUARE STONE BASIN HE HAD USED THE THINGS IN PREPARING THE RESTORATIVE THEN HE SWITCHED OFF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WENT BACK INTO THE STUDY AGAIN CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM HERE HE SAT DOWN POURED OUT HIS COFFEE TILTED A LITTLE GLASS OF COGNAC INTO IT LIT A CIGARETTE BEGAN TO THINK HE REALLY HAD A GREAT DEAL TO THINK ABOUT THAT NIGHT
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