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How, he could not imagine. It did not matter — the doctor had promised to find a way for him. But the doctor's kindness and trust were, he felt, beyond repayment. He THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. W began to wonder if they would bring liim something to eat ; he hoped so. The valet had left the lamp and the candles by his bed  side alight, so it seemed certain that he would return. HOW HE COULD NOT IMAGINE IT DID NOT MATTER THE DOCTOR HAD PROMISED TO FIND A WAY FOR HIM BUT THE DOCTOR'S KINDNESS AND TRUST WERE HE FELT BEYOND REPAYMENT BEGAN TO WONDER IF THEY WOULD BRING HIM SOMETHING TO EAT HE HOPED SO THE VALET HAD LEFT THE LAMP AND THE CANDLES BY HIS BEDSIDE ALIGHT SO IT SEEMED CERTAIN THAT HE WOULD RETURN
eparate entrance into the garden. The young man found himself in a large and very comfortable bedroom. At one end 18 THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. of the room there was a door into a bath- room, at the other end the room communi- cated with a dressing-room and a small study. Here the doctor's servant did for him all that a valet could do for a man. Soon he was lying in bed, refreshed by a bath, soothed by the luxuriousness that he had missed so much and for so long, dreamingly wondering whether it could be all true. He had suffered very much, and this sudden change for the better seemed so strange. He thought lialf- amusedly that the doctor liad done a foolish thing ; he had taken into his house a man of whom he knew nothing, except that he had found him, a mere vagrant, shabby and fainting from exhaustion and want of food. But the young man reflected that in the course of his life he had frequently been trusted like this— -on sight. Certainly, in some way or other, he must repay the doctor. TED FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES IT WAS A LONG LOW BUILDING AND HAD A SEPARATE ENTRANCE INTO THE GARDEN THE YOUNG MAN FOUND HIMSELF IN A LARGE AND VERY COMFORTABLE BED AT ONE END OF THE ROOM THERE WAS A DOOR INTO A BATHROOM AT THE OTHER END OF THE ROOM COMMUNICATED WITH A DRESSING ROOM AND A SMALL STUDY HERE THE DOCTOR'S SERVANT DID FOR HIM ALL THAT A VALET COULD DO FOR A MAN SOON HE WAS LYING IN BED REFRESHED BY A BATH SOOTHED BY THE LUXURIOUSNESS THAT HE HAD MISSED SO MUCH AND FOR SO LONG DREAMILY WONDERING WHETHER IT COULD BE ALL TRUE HE HAD SUFFERED VERY MUCH AND THE SUDDEN CHANGE FOR THE BETTER SEEMED SO STRANGE HE THOUGHT HALF AMUSEDLY THAT THE DOCTOR HAD DONE A FOOLISH THING HE HAD TAKEN INTO HIS HOUSE A MAN OF WHOM HE KNEW NOTHING EXCEPT THAT HE FOUND HIM A MERE VAGRANT SHABBY AND FAINTING FROM EXHAUSTION AND WANT OF FOOD BUT THE YOUNG MAN REFLECTED THAT IN THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE HE HAD FREQUENTLY BEEN TRUSTED LIKE THIS ON SIGHT CERTAINLY IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER HE MUST REPAY THE DOCTOR
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