I couldn't stand to look on.

Go! Hurry! Read it, and then come back." She thrust the magazine into his hand, and almost pushed him out of the door.

But he went no further than the hall.

He could not think of leaving her in that condition.

Then it occurred to him to look at the magazine.
He opened it by the light of the hall lamp, and his eyes fell on these words, the title of an article: "The Extirpation of Thought Processes.