His breathing is strong and regular, and his pulse is slower and stronger than it was this morning.

I cannot find evidence of any known drug, and his unconsciousness does not resemble any of the many cases of hypnotic sleep which I saw in the Charcot Hospital in Paris.

And as to these wounds"-- he laid his finger gently on the bandaged wrist which lay outside the coverlet as he spoke, "I do not know what to make of them.

They might have been made by a carding-machine; but that supposition is untenable.

It is within the bounds of possibility that they might have been made by a wild animal if it had taken care to sharpen its claws.