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" It was lucky for you — and I think it lucky for me also — that you chose a Sunday evening for your collapse. I only walk on Sun  day evenings — chiefly because it is not church. Ah, yes — quite true — there is church also on Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, and on certain occasions in the week IT WAS LUCKY FOR YOU AND I THINK IT'S LUCKY FOR ME ALSO THAT YOU CHOSE A SUNDAY EVENING FOR YOUR COLLAPSE I ONLY WALK ON SUNDAY EVENINGS CHIEFLY BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHURCH AH YES QUITE TRUE THERE IS A CHURCH ALSO ON SUNDAY MORNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND ON CERTAIN OCCASIONS IN THE WEEK
e lamp and the candles by his bed- side alight, so it seemed certain that he would return. The valet had treated him with the utmost respect, as an honoured guest, and not as a relieved vagabond. If he ever got any money, he would remember the man. Presently the door opened, and the doctor and the servant entered. The servant carried a small tray, on which were a cup of chocolate and two sandwiches, made of toast and some kind of meat-jelly. While the young man was eating (he was ordered to eat slowly) the doctor sat down by the bedside and began to talk to him. At first he was merely medical, then he said — " My name, you know, is Lamb. I'm Dr. Gabriel Lamb. May I ask what your name is?" " Mine is Claudius Sandell. I really don't know how to thank you." *' Not a word, not a word, if you please." "Words would certainly be of very little 20 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. good. I hope that I have not been keeping you from any other patients." The doctor smiled. " Oh, I don't practise," he said.  BEGAN TO WONDER IF THEY WOULD BRING HIM SOMETHING TO EAT HE HOPED SO THE VALET HAD LEFT THE LAMP AND THE CANDLES BY HIS BEDSIDE ALIGHT SO IT SEEMED CERTAIN THAT HE WOULD RETURN THE VALET HAD TREATED HIM WITH THE UTMOST RESPECT AS AN HONORED GUEST AND NOT AS A RELIEVED VAGABOND IF HE EVER GOT ANY MONEY HE WOULD REMEMBER THE MAN PRESENTLY THE DOOR OPENED AND THE DOCTOR AND THE SERVANT ENTERED THE SERVANT CARRIED A SMALL TRAY ON WHICH WERE A COUPLE OF CHOCOLATE AND TWO SANDWICHES MADE OF TOAST AND SOME KIND OF MEAT JELLY WHILE THE YOUNG MAN WAS EATING HE WAS ORDERED TO EAT SLOWLY THE DOCTOR SAT DOWN BY THE BEDSIDE AND BEGAN TO TALK TO HIM AT FIRST HE WAS MERELY MEDICAL THEN HE SAID MY NAME YOU KNOW IS LAMB I'M DOCTOR GABRIEL LAMB MAY I ASK YOUR NAME MINE IS CLOUDY SANDAL I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU NOT A WORD NOT A WORD IF YOU PLEASE WORDS WOULD CERTAINLY BE OF LITTLE GOOD I HOPE THAT I'VE NOT BEEN KEEPING YOU FROM ANY OTHER PATIENCE THE DOCTOR SMILED OH I DON'T PRACTISE HE SAID
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