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194 she said.

he said;

Then the inevitable querulousness of illness mastered him.

he said— And he flung his arm outside the bedclothes.

she said;

She drew a chair to the bedside, and he turned more over in bed so that he looked directly at her.

he said;

Sybil's hand trembled as she arranged the bedclothes, which he had thrown off.

said she, She paused. she cried suddenly.

He lay quite still a moment, with breath coming quickly.

he said.