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He directed Delme not to be alarmed, should the paroxysm return; and recommended, that during the attack, George should lie down quietly and take twenty drops of Battley's solution of opium in a wine glass of water. As his friend did not appear alarmed, Delme's mind was once more assured; and he prepared to continue their journey to Florence, by the way of Perugia.
It was labelled 'Battley's Solution of Opium. She felt relieved that her life had not been attempted. That was to have been her sleeping-draught. No time was to be lost if she meant to be a match for him. She followed him in her nightdress. When she reached the foot of the staircase he was in the office and had closed the door, under which a faint gleam showed that he had obtained a light.
Cotherstone, who was turning over the leaves of an account book, replied just as curtly. "Not yet!" Mallalieu fidgeted about for a while, arranging some papers he had brought in from the yard. Suddenly he uttered an exclamation of impatience, and going to the door, called to a lad who was passing. "Here, you!" he said. "You know where Mr. Stoner lodges? Mrs. Battley's.
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