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" You had something to tell me," Hilda said timidly. "Ah, yes." He told her how he had found Claudius Sandell, and taken him into the house. It was his intention to keep him for a few days — perhaps weeks— to provide him with clothes, and so on. YOU HAD SOMETHING TO TELL ME HILDA SAID TIMIDLY AH YES HE TOLD HER HOW HE HAD FOUND CLOUDY SANDAL AND TAKEN HIM INTO THE HOUSE IT WAS HIS INTENTION TO KEEP HIM FOR A FEW DAYS PERHAPS WEEKS TO PROVIDE HIM WITH CLOTHES AND SO ON
d used the things in preparing the restorative. Then he switched off the electric light and went back into the study again, closing the door behind him. Here he sat down, poured out his coffee, tilted a little glass of Co2:nac into it, lit a cigarette, and began to think. He really had a very great deal to think about that night. He was interrupted, however, almost imme- diately, by the entrance of his wife. She had changed her dress, and was wearing a loose black tea-gown. It suited her fairly well, and her pale face had now a pretty tinge of colour in it. Dr. Lamb looked at her critically. " You've changed," he began. " Yes, I saw you weren't liking the other." "Ah!" said Dr. Lamb, "that's good of you. It's the curse of the individual that such trifles should matter to him. There's nothing so small in the impulses of collected humanity, the aggregate. Mankind," he con- tinued, speaking more to himself than to 30 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. her, " is so great, and isolated man's so small. K IN THEIR PLACES ON THE SHELVES AND WASHED THE GLASS AT A SQUARE STONE BASIN HE HAD USED THE THINGS IN PREPARING THE RESTORATIVE THEN HE SWITCHED OFF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WENT BACK INTO THE STUDY AGAIN CLOSING THE DOOR BEHIND HIM HERE HE SAT DOWN POURED OUT HIS COFFEE TILTED A LITTLE GLASS OF COGNAC INTO IT LIT A CIGARETTE BEGAN TO THINK HE REALLY HAD A GREAT DEAL TO THINK ABOUT THAT NIGHT HE WAS INTERRUPTED HOWEVER ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BY THE ENTRANCE OF HIS WIFE SHE HAD CHANGED HER DRESS AND WAS WEARING A LOOSE BLACK TEA GOWN IT SUITED HER FAIRLY WELL AND HER PALE FACE NOW HAD A PRETTY TINGE OF COLOUR IN IT DOCTOR LAMB LOOKED AT HER CRITICALLY YOU'VE CHANGED HE BEGAN YES I SAW YOU WEREN'T LIKING THE OTHER AH SAID DOCTOR LAMB THAT'S GOOD OF YOU IT'S THE CURSE OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT SUCH TRIFLES SHOULD MATTER TO HIM THERE'S NOTHING SO SMALL IN THE IMPULSES OF COLLECTED HUMANITY THE AGGREGATE MANKIND HE CONTINUED SPEAKING MORE TO HIMSELF THAN TO HER IS SO GREAT AN ISOLATED MAN SO SMALL
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