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I think it is, but you may think otherwise"; and hereupon, without further preamble, I plunged into the history of the case, giving him a condensed statement similar to that which I had already made to Stillbury.
And then I opened the subject of my mysterious experiences at the house of Mr. Weiss. "There's another affair that I want to tell you about; rather an unpleasant business." "Oh, dear!" exclaimed Stillbury. He put down his cup and regarded me with quite painful anxiety. "It looks to me like an undoubted case of criminal poisoning," I continued. Stillbury's face cleared instantly.
But in the hurry and rush and anxiety of the work for some of the cases were severe and even critical I had no opportunity to consider any course of action, nor time to carry it out. Even with the aid of a hansom which I chartered, as Stillbury kept no carriage, I had not finished my last visit until near on midnight, and was then so spent with fatigue that I fell asleep over my postponed supper.
"I should like to get off as soon as you can spare me," I replied, "but I'm not going to leave you in the lurch." "That's a good fellow," said Stillbury. "I knew you wouldn't. Let us have some tea and divide up the work. Anything of interest going?" There were one or two unusual cases on the list, and, as we marked off our respective patients, I gave him the histories in brief synopsis.
As soon as we had finished tea, we set forth, and in about ten minutes found ourselves in the bare and forbidding office attached to the station. The presiding officer descended from a high stool, and, carefully laying down his pen, shook hands cordially. "And what can I do for you gentlemen?" he asked, with an affable smile. Stillbury proceeded to open our business. "My friend here, Dr.
As the next day opened with a further increase of work, I sent a telegram to Dr. Stillbury at Hastings, whither he had gone, like a wise man, to recruit after a slight illness.
Then the daily lists became more and more contracted and the day's work proportionately shorter. And thus the term of my servitude came to an end. One evening, as we were writing up the day-book, Stillbury remarked: "I almost think, Jervis, I could manage by myself now. I know you are only staying on for my sake."
I asked for authority to engage an assistant, but the reply informed me that Stillbury himself was on his way to town; and to my relief, when I dropped in at the surgery for a cup of tea, I found him rubbing his hands over the open day-book. "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," he remarked cheerfully as we shook hands. "This will pay the expenses of my holiday, including you.
No further responsibility lay upon me, and, as it was practically certain that I had seen and heard the last of Mr. Graves and his mysterious household, I dismissed the case from my mind. At the next corner Stillbury and I parted to go our respective ways; and my attention was soon transferred from the romance of crime to the realities of epidemic influenza. The plethora of work in Dr.
"I am staying on to finish my engagement, but I shan't be sorry to clear out if you can do without me." "I think I can. When would you like to be off?" "As soon as possible. Say to-morrow morning, after I have made a few visits and transferred the patients to you." "Very well," said Stillbury.
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