The Price He Paid — page 213: what you’re looking at

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204 DOCTOR FRANZ. His carriage was still before the door, and he him- self was talking to the superintendent of police, who was about to take his leave. A cloud lay on Raven’s brow, but it cleared a little ashe caught sight of the councilor. Interrupting the conversa- tion in which he was engaged, he asked of the new- comer, with evident interest: | “Ts this true, councilor, that I hear from Berndt? Young Dr. Brunnow is declared to be out of dan- ger? Coming after the previous unfavorable re- ports, 1 must say the news surprised me very much.” “T amas much astonished as your excellency,” the councilor assured him. “I could not believe it at first, but the statement has been confirmed to me in another gquarter—by this gentleman here, Dr. ERY, a friend of the. patient’s, who has just left im,” Raven turned to the stranger, who was standing a little aside, and whom he had not yet observed. The full ight from the great chandelier fell on the tall, bent form. Fora few seconds the baron stood motionless, rooted to the ground, while his eyes rested with a piercing gaze on the face before him. Then asudden pallor overspread his features, and he pressed his lips tightly together, as though to fey back the exclamation which sought to escape em. But Raven’s discomposure was of short duration. The next minute his self-command returned to him; indeed, a movement on the superintendent’s part quickly recalled to his mind the fact that he was watched. He quietly waited until the councilor had finished what he had to say, and then ad- dressed himself to that gentleman’s companion. “It would be a pleasure to me to hear you con- firm as favorable an opinion,” he said. “I had sent round my own physician to the patient, but, unfortunately, the doctor himself fell ill on the first day of the treatment, and had to abandon the case to his deputy. The bulletin I received from Dr. Berndt this morning, was so vague that I think I must ask you to supplement it by afew details. comicbooks