The Vestibule Limited Mystery — page 94: what you’re looking at

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THE VESTIBULE LIMITED MYSTERY. 85 general ward. This has been accomplished by his sister, who pays for the privilege. As lenter the toom a physician is bending over. the cot. No doubt Robert’s condition puzzles him greatly, just as it has done others. “Most remarkable,” I hear him say, and then he asks a few questions, Therese has seen me, and although not recog: nizing the Quaker in ye smart-lookinge businesa man, I assure her of my identity by means of a signal already agreed on. The smile that flits over her pale but handsome face assures me that I am understood. [Tam somewhat interested in this sister of Rob- ert’s, astonished at her sagacity, and pleased to see how well she plays her part. A New York society girl is she—well, I bave had a very poor idea of these creatures in the past but must change it from this time on. Yes, Therese is a remarkable woman. Mentally, as she sits there conversing earnestly with the doctor, | compare her with the adven- turess. The one fascinates as a rattlesnake might, the other draws out my admiration on account of her womanly qualities. Then something else interests me. I find myself looking more and more closely at the doctor. He is aman of not more than thirty, with a full brown beard and a well-shaped head. There is something about him familiar to me, and yet Iam puzzled. It cannot be possible, and stilla thought will creep into my brain. Ah! she speaks his name, and now I know I am right. Then the doctor turns as if to leave the room, which brings him face to face with me. He looksatmeinquiringly, ~ Comilcboo cS