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At last he roused himself sufficiently to go to the head of the stairs leading to his "labatry," and call for William, who, it appeared, was composing an egg-wash, after one of his employer's formulæ, and came up, wondering to find the place in darkness. "Come here, William," said Leander, solemnly. "I just want a few words with you, and then you can go. I can do the shutting-up myself.
"The labatry ain't been touched," she explained, breathlessly, "but they smashed the libry clock and they've 'ung your gold watch, sir, on the skelinton's hands. And the books that weren't no value they flung out er the window just like so much rubbish. They must have been wild drunk, Dr. Laidlaw, sir!" The young scientist made a hurried examination of the rooms. Nothing of value was missing.
The boy went away, much impressed by so elaborate and formal a parting, which seemed to him a sign that, in his parlance, "the guv'nor was going to make a bolt of it." Leander busied himself in some melancholy preparations for his impending departure, dissolution, or incarceration; he was not very clear which it might be. He went down and put his "labatry" in order.
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