Then the lights began to grow into strength and I could see the room.

All the men were overcome.

Beside the couch Doctor Winchester lay on his back as though he had sunk down and rolled over; and on the farther side of the sarcophagus, where they had stood, lay Mr.Trelawny and Mr.Corbeck.

It was a relief to me to see that, though they were unconscious, all three were breathing heavily as though in a stupor.

Margaret still stood behind the couch.
She seemed at first to be in a partially dazed condition; but every instant appeared to get more command of herself.