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The captain lay across the table, with his head hanging over the side of it next to us, and unable to help himself, with his hands tied behind his back, and a gag in his mouth; his face purple from the blood running to his head, and the white of his eyes turned up, while his loud stentorous breathing but too clearly indicated the rupture of a vessel on the brain.
It was well that he remained where he was, for the door opened, and the man came in, yawning audibly. He threw his clothes off and tumbled into bed, while Garry hardly dared breathe for fear that his presence would be detected. Fortunately the man was so tired that he did not lay awake long, and his stentorous breathing soon told Garry he was asleep.
Exhausted by the feverish energy with which he had demanded his favorite remedy, he made an effort to change his position, and, with his back turned to his two nurses, he again muttered: "Wine! wine!" after which nothing more was heard of him but a stentorous breathing, that plainly showed the state of his lungs, which were beginning to congest.
Allen's maid to take care of them, he went back to his graver charge. Mr. Allen lay insensible on his bed, and one could hardly realize that he was a dying man. His face was as flushed and full as it often appeared on his return from his club. To the girls' unpracticed ears, his loud, stentorous breathing only indicated heavy sleep.