I waited a minute or two, and more than a minute or two. I heard the

visitor walking restlessly backwards and forwards. I also heard him

talking to himself. I even thought I recognised the voice. Had I made

a mistake? Was it not the doctor, but somebody else? Mr. Bruff, for

instance? No! an unerring instinct told me it was not Mr. Bruff. Whoever

he was, he was still talking to himself. I parted the heavy curtains the

least little morsel in the world, and listened.

The words I heard were, "I'll do it to-day!" And the voice that spoke

them was Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite's.




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