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Maloney sat up and found his tongue. "You mean that if this fluid animal thing, or whatever it is, should be prevented getting back, the man might never wake again?" he asked, with shaking voice. MALONEY SAT UP AND FOUND HIS TONGUE YOU MEAN THAT IF THIS FLUID ANIMAL THING OR WHATEVER IT IS SHOULD BE PREVENTED FROM GETTING BACK THE MAN MIGHT NEVER WAKE AGAIN HE ASKED WITH A SHAKING VOICE
union, as I said—the splendid and perfectly clean desire to absorb utterly into itself—" He paused a moment and looked into Maloney's eyes. "To bathe in the very heart's blood of the one desired," he added with grave emphasis. The fire spurted and crackled and made me start, but Maloney found relief in a genuine shudder, and I saw him turn his head and look about him from the sea to the trees. The wind dropped just at that moment and the doctor's words rang sharply through the stillness. "Then it might even kill?" stammered the clergyman presently in a hushed voice, and with a little forced laugh by way of protest that sounded quite ghastly. "In the last resort it might kill," repeated Dr. Silence. Then, after another pause, during which he was clearly debating how much or how little it was wise to give to his audience, he continued: "And if the Double does not succeed in getting back to its physical body, that physical body would wake an imbecile—an idiot—or perhaps never wake at all.  THAN THE ASPIRATION FOR UNION AS I SAID THE SPLENDID AND PERFECTLY CLEAN DESIRE TO ABSORB UTTERLY INTO ITSELF HE PAUSED A MOMENT AND LOOKED INTO MALONEY'S EYES TO BATHE IN THE VERY HEART'S BLOOD OF THE ONE DESIRED HE ADDED WITH GRAVE EMPHASIS THE FIRE SPURTED AND CRACKLED AND MADE ME START BUT MALONEY FOUND RELIEF IN A GENUINE SHUDDER AND I SAW HIM TURN HIS HEAD AND LOOK ABOUT HIM FROM THE SEA TO THE TREES THE WIND DROPPED JUST AT THAT MOMENT AND THE DOCTOR'S WORDS RANG SHARPLY THROUGH THE STILLNESS THEN IT MIGHT EVEN KILL STAMMERED THE CLERGYMAN PRESENTLY IN A HUSHED VOICE AND WITH A LITTLE FORCED LAUGH BY WAY OF PROTEST THAT SOUNDED QUITE GHASTLY IN THE LAST RESORT IT MIGHT KILL REPEATED DOCTOR SILENCE THEN AFTER ANOTHER PAUSE DURING WHICH HE WAS CLEARLY DEBATING HOW MUCH OR HOW LITTLE IT WAS WISE TO GIVE TO HIS AUDIENCE HE CONTINUED AND IF THE DOUBLE DOES NOT SUCCEED IN GETTING BACK TO ITS PHYSICAL BODY THAT PHYSICAL BODY MIGHT WAKE AN IMBECILE AN IDIOT OR PERHAPS NEVER WAKE AT ALL
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