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The doctor thought for a long time. " Oh, THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 37 I shall use him— I shall certainly use him," he said to himself at last. " A great find ; he will quite repay me." THE DOCTOR THOUGHT FOR A LONG TIME OH I SHALL USE HIM I SHALL CERTAINLY USE HIM HE SAID TO HIMSELF AT LAST A GREAT FIND HE WILL QUITE REPAY ME
t was wicked to use rouge. She had but 36 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. just come from cliurch, and liad painted lier face like a bad woman : it was wicked of her. She knelt and prayed God to forgive her. Then she rose, and took a candle and stepped across the passage to another room. It had been her baby's nursery. She unlocked the door and entered. The room w^as neatly kept. A little cradle stood in one corner, bedecked and emptj^ She walked over to it, and rocked it a little. Then she opened a drawer, and turned over piles of tiny clothes that were not wanted now. " My little baby ! " she whispered. Her eyes were strained, and aching, and dry. But she cried again in bed that night. It was long before Dr. Lamb came to bed. o He had not been working in his laboratory ; he had been thinking about Claudius Sandell. The doctor had not had much opportunity to observe him ; but, nevertheless, he summed him up : a man whose pride was greater than his instinct of self-preservation, a truthful man. ER AGAIN LOVE SHE WHISPERED TO HERSELF PANTING THEN SHE REMEMBERED THAT IT WAS WICKED TO USE ROUGE SHE HAD JUST BUT COME FROM CHURCH AND HAD PAINTED HER FACE LIKE A BAD WOMAN IT WAS WICKED OF HER SHE KNELT AND PRAYED GOD TO FORGIVE HER THEN SHE ROSE AND TOOK A CANDLE AND STEPPED ACROSS THE PASSAGE TO ANOTHER ROOM IT HAD BEEN HER BABY'S NURSERY SHE UNLOCKED THE DOOR AND ENTERED THE ROOM WAS NEATLY KEPT A LITTLE CRADLE STOOD IN ONE CORNER BEDECKED AND EMPTY SHE WALKED OVER TO IT AND ROCKED IT A LITTLE THEN SHE OPENED A DRAWER AND TURNED OVER PILES OF TINY CLOTHES THAT WERE NOT WANTED NOW MY LITTLE BABY SHE WHISPERED HER EYES WERE STRAINED AND ACHING AND DRY BUT SHE CRIED AGAIN IN BED THAT NIGHT IT WAS LONG BEFORE DOCTOR LAMB CAME TO BED HE HAD NOT BEEN WORKING IN HIS LABORATORY HE HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT CLOUDY SANDAL THE DOCTOR HAD NOT HAD MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE HIM BUT NEVERTHELESS HE SUMMED HIM UP A MAN WHOSE PRIDE WAS GREATER THAN HIS INSTINCT OF SELF PRESERVATION A TRUTHFUL MAN
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