Sir Henry dismissed the chambermaid at the door, and Colwyn and he lifted the young man on to the bed.

He lay like a man in a stupor, breathing heavily, his face flushed, his eyes nearly closed.

Sir Henry drew up the blind, and by the additional light examined him thoroughly, listening closely to the action of his heart, and examining the pupils of his eyes by rolling back the upper lid with some small instrument he took from his pocket.
"He'll do now," he said, after loosening the patient's clothes for his greater comfort.

"He'll come to in about five minutes, and may be all right again shortly afterwards.

But there are certain peculiar features about this case which are new in my experience, and rather alarm me.
Certainly the young man ought not to be left to himself.