[Finished by H. Rider Haggard]@TWC D-Link bookFinished CHAPTER VIII 2/38
On the table were writing materials, also a brandy bottle with only a dreg of spirit in it. I looked for the glass and found it by his side on the floor, shattered, not merely broken. "Drunk," I said aloud, whereon the servant, who understood me, spoke for the first time, saying in a frightened voice in Dutch-- "No, Baas, dead, half cold.
I found him so just now." I bent down and examined Marnham, also felt his face.
Sure enough, he was dead, for his jaw had fallen; also his flesh was chill, and from him came a horrible smell of brandy.
I thought for a moment, then bade the boy fetch Dr.Rodd and say nothing to any one else, He went, and now for the first time I noticed a large envelope addressed "Allan Quatermain, Esq." in a somewhat shaky hand.
This I picked up and slipped into my pocket. Rodd arrived half dressed. "What's the matter now ?" he growled. I pointed to Marnham, saying-- "That is a question for you to answer. "Oh! drunk again, I suppose," he said.
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