172/197 He will sleep in the alcove." "Drink ?" "No, not a drop. He has ordered the whiskey locked up. I hear him moaning sometimes to himself as if he missed it awfully, but not a thimbleful has left the decanter." "Goodnight, Hexford." "Good night." "You heard ?" This to the district attorney. Only on leaving did they speak again, and then it was to say: "At ten o'clock to-morrow morning." "At ten o'clock." XVIII ON IT WAS WRITTEN-- Can this avail thee? His night's rest had not benefited him. |