29/30 Isn't it in the book ?" "No, it is not in the book," said Dr.West. "It was too valuable to be in the book. You may look, Mr.Jan, but I mean what I say. This was a private prescription of inestimable value--a secret prescription, I may say. I would not have lost it for the whole world." The doctor wiped the dew from his perplexed forehead, and strove, though unsuccessfully, to control his agitated voice to calmness. |