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" 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 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. 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
that's why I'm " The effort at explanation seemed to be too much for him, and he stopped. " All right, then, I'll take your clothes, or you shall work for me ; at any rate, I promise you that I will put you under no obligation which you cannot repay. I swear it. Now then." The young man drank the contents of the glass ; in a moment or two his eyes opened wider. He looked reflective. " That wasn't brandy," he said. His voice was already a shade stronger. *' Not brandy alone. There were other things in it. I'm a doctor, you know. Now, do you see that house ? " The young man raised himself into a sitting position, looked at it, and nodded his head. " That's my house, and I'm going to take you there, with the help of my servant. Then you'll be put to bed. In a day or two you'll be all right. Now, you must place yourself entirely in my hands and trust to THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 17 me. I'm not going to put you under any obligation. You shall work out your debt. You look like an educated man. TH OF BRANDY IF YOU LIKE BUT DRINK IT THE YOUNG MAN SHOOK HIS HEAD NO MONEY HE MURMURED THAT'S WHY I'M THE EFFORT AT EXPLANATION SEEMED TO BE TOO MUCH FOR HIM AND HE STOPPED ALL RIGHT THEN I'LL TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OR YOU SHALL WORK FOR ME AT ANY RATE I PROMISE YOU THAT I WILL PUT YOU UNDER NO OBLIGATION WHICH YOU CANNOT REPAY I SWEAR IT NOW THEN THE YOUNG MAN DRANK THE CONTENTS OF THE GLASS IN A MOMENT OR TWO HIS EYES OPENED WIDER HE LOOKED REFLECTIVE THAT WASN'T BRANDY HE SAID HIS VOICE WAS ALREADY A SHADE STRONGER NOT BRANDY ALONE THERE WERE OTHER THINGS IN IT I'M A DOCTOR YOU KNOW NOW DO YOU SEE THAT HOUSE THE YOUNG MAN RAISED HIMSELF INTO A SITTING POSITION LOOKED AT IT NODDED HIS HEAD THAT'S MY HOUSE I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE WITH THE HELP OF MY SERVANT THEN YOU'LL BE PUT TO BED IN A DAY OR TWO YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT NOW YOU MUST PLACE YOURSELF ENTIRELY IN MY HANDS AND TRUST TO ME I'M NOT GOING TO PUT YOU UNDER ANY OBLIGATION YOU SHALL WORK OUT YOUR DEBT YOU LOOK LIKE AN EDUCATED MAN
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