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"There was not a soul to be seen, nor a sound to be heard, except the dripping of the rain. When I looked in at the window, I found Drebber all huddled together in a drunken sleep. I shook him by the arm, 'It's time to get out,' I said. "'All right, cabby,' said he. THERE WAS NOT A SOUL TO BE SEEN NOR A SOUND TO BE HEARD EXCEPT THE DRIPPING OF THE RAIN WHEN I LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOW I FOUND DREBBER ALL HUDDLED TOGETHER IN A DRUNKEN SLEEP I SHOOK HIM BY THE ARM IT'S TIME TO GET OUT I SAID ALL RIGHT KEBBY SAID HE
le I ate the pill that remained. It would be quite as deadly, and a good deal less noisy than firing across a handkerchief. From that day I had always my pill boxes about with me, and the time had now come when I was to use them. “It was nearer one than twelve, and a wild, bleak night, blowing hard and raining in torrents. Dismal as it was outside, I was glad within—so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation. If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing, and longed for it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within your reach, you would understand my feelings. I lit a cigar, and puffed at it to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling, and my temples throbbing with excitement. As I drove, I could see old John Ferrier and sweet Lucy looking at me out of the darkness and smiling at me, just as plain as I see you all in this room. All the way they were ahead of me, one on each side of the horse until I pulled up at the house in the Brixton Road. AW OUT OF ONE OF THESE BOXES WHILE I ATE THE PILL THAT REMAINED IT WILL BE QUITE AS DEADLY AND A GOOD DEAL LESS NOISY FIRING ACROSS A HANDKERCHIEF FROM THAT DAY I HAD ALWAYS MY PILL BOXES ABOUT WITH ME AND THE TIME HAD NOW COME WHEN I WAS TO USE THEM IT WAS NEARER ONE THAN TWELVE ON A WILD BLEAK NIGHT BLOWING HARD AND RAINING IN TORRENTS DISMAL AS IT WAS OUTSIDE I WAS GLAD WITHIN SO GLAD THAT I COULD HAVE SHOUTED OUT FROM PURE EXULTATION IF ANY OF YOU GENTLEMEN HAVE EVER PINED FOR A THING AND LONGED FOR IT DURING TWENTY LONG YEARS AND THEN SUDDENLY FOUND IT WITHIN YOUR REACH YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND MY FEELINGS I LIT A CIGAR AND PUFFED AT IT TO STEADY MY NERVES BUT MY HANDS WERE TREMBLING AND MY TEMPLES THROBBING WITH EXCITEMENT AS I DROVE I COULD SEE OLD JOHN FERRIER AND SWEET LUCY LOOKING AT ME OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND SMILING AT ME JUST AS PLAIN AS I SEE YOU ALL IN THIS ROOM ALL THE WAY THEY WERE AHEAD OF ME ONE ON EACH SIDE OF THE HORSE UNTIL I PULLED UP AT THE HOUSE IN THE BRIXTON ROAD
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