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When that noise stops he will be dead. And then, perhaps, I shall be able to cry. Oh, if he had only died four years ago!" And then _da capo_. On and on ran the interminable thin whispering as Margaret waited for death to come to Billy. Billy looked so old now, under his many bandages. WHEN THAT NOISE STOPS HE WILL BE DEAD AND THEN PERHAPS I SHALL BE ABLE TO CRY OH IF HE HAD ONLY DIED FOUR YEARS AGO AND THEN DA KAPPO ON AND ON RAN THE INTONABLE THIN WHISPERING AS MARGARET WAITED FOR DEATH TO COME TO BILLY BILLY LOOKED SO OLD NOW UNDER HIS MANY BANDAGES
In the bed lay Billy Woods, swathed in hot blankets, with bottles of hot water set to his feet. Jukesbury had washed his face clean of that awful red, and had wrapped bandages of cracked ice about his head and propped it high with pillows. It was little short of marvellous to see the pursy old hypocrite going cat-footed about the room on his stealthy ministrations, replenishing the bandages, forcing spirits of ammonia between Billy's teeth, fighting deftly and confidently with death. Billy still breathed. The Colonel came and went uneasily. The clock on the mantel ticked. Margaret brooded in a silence that was only accentuated by that horrible wheezing, gurgling, tremulous breathing in the bed yonder. Would the doctor never come! She was curiously conscious of her absolute lack of emotion. But always the interminable thin whispering in the back of her head went on and on. "Oh, if he had only died four years ago! Oh, if he had only died the dear, clean-minded, honest boy I used to know! BURY HAD DONE WHAT HE COULD IN THE BED LAY BILLY WOOD SWATHED IN HOT BLANKETS WITH BOTTLES OF HOT WATER SET TO HIS FEET JUKESBURY HAD WASHED HIS FACE CLEAN OF THAT AWFUL RED AND HAD WRAPPED BANDAGES OF CRACKED ICE ABOUT HIS HEAD AND PROPPED IT HIGH WITH PILLOWS IT WAS LITTLE SHORT OF MARVELLOUS TO SEE THE PURSY OLD HYPOCRITE GOING CAT FOOTED ABOUT THE ROOM ON HIS STEALTHY MINISTRATIONS REPLENISHING THE BANDAGES FORCING SPIRITS OF AMMONIA BETWEEN BILLY'S TEETH FIGHTING DEFTLY AND CONFIDENTLY WITH DEATH BILLY STILL BREATHED THE COLONEL CAME AND WENT UNEASILY THE CLOCK ON THE MANTEL TICKED MARGARET BROODED IN A SILENCE THAT WAS ONLY ACCENTUATED BY THAT HORRIBLE WHEEZING GURGLING TREMULOUS BREATHING IN THE BED YONDER WOULD THE DOCTOR NEVER COME SHE WAS CURIOUSLY CONSCIOUS OF HER ABSOLUTE LACK OF EMOTION BUT ALWAYS THE INTERMINABLE THIN WHISPERING IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD WENT ON AND ON OH IF HE HAD ONLY DIED FOUR YEARS AGO OH IF HE'D ONLY DIED THE DEAR CLEAN MINDED HONEST BOY I USED TO KNOW
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