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Soon he was lying in bed, refreshed by a bath, soothed by the luxuriousness that he had missed so much and for so long, dreamingly wondering whether it could be all true. SOON HE WAS LYING IN BED REFRESHED BY A BATH SOOTHED BY THE LUXURIOUSNESS THAT HE HAD MISSED SO MUCH AND FOR SO LONG DREAMILY WONDERING WHETHER IT COULD BE ALL TRUE
 then, you shall get up. Steady ! — there, that's it ! Now, slowly." Supported — almost carried — by the doctor and his servant, the young man was taken into the house. It was a house which seemed to have an old quiet in it — a quiet that had long been there. The colours in the interior were low ; it was lit softly and without glare ; one's footsteps were not heard on the thick carpets. The house was of red brick ; but the red had been softened and shaded by time, and the walls were partly covered with ivy. At the back of the house there was a modern addition, which Dr. Lamb had erected for his own purposes. It was a long, low building, and had a separate entrance into the garden. The young man found himself in a large and very comfortable bedroom. At one end 18 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. of the room there was a door into a bath- room, at the other end the room communi- cated with a dressing-room and a small study. Here the doctor's servant did for him all that a valet could do for a man. N ETON AND CAMBRIDGE BUT YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE IT I BELIEVE IT ENTIRELY NOW THEN YOU SHALL GET UP STEADY THERE THAT'S IT NOW SLOWLY SUPPORTED ALMOST CARRIED BY THE DOCTOR AND HIS SERVANT THE YOUNG MAN WAS TAKEN INTO THE HOUSE IT WAS A HOUSE WHICH SEEMED TO HAVE AN OLD QUIET IN IT A QUIET THAT HAD BEEN THERE LONG THE COLORS IN THE INTERIOR WERE LOW IT WAS LIT SOFTLY WITHOUT GLARE ONE'S FOOTSTEPS WERE NOT HEARD ON THE THICK CARPETS THE HOUSE WAS OF RED BRICK BUT THE RED HAD BEEN SOFTENED AND SHADED BY TIME AND THE WALLS WERE PARTLY COVERED WITH IVY AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE THERE WAS A MODERN EDITION WHICH DOCTOR LAMB HAD ERECTED FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES IT WAS A LONG LOW BUILDING AND HAD A SEPARATE ENTRANCE INTO THE GARDEN THE YOUNG MAN FOUND HIMSELF IN A LARGE AND VERY COMFORTABLE BED AT ONE END OF THE ROOM THERE WAS A DOOR INTO A BATHROOM AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM COMMUNICATED WITH A DRESSING ROOM AND A SMALL STUDY HERE THE DOCTOR'S SERVANT DID FOR HIM ALL THAT A VALET COULD DO FOR A MAN
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