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Rh When Doctor Carton stood by the dead man in a hospital ward an hour later, the face seemed more resolute and stronger than it had ever been in life. It wore a look almost of triumph, and the lips seemed half drawn into a smile.

"Poor Pierre Gascon!" said the Doctor. "How many men would have done as much? His last act may have saved him, after all."