"The motion of the thumbs corresponds exactly with his pulse." "Is that so, sir ?" "It is.

The case is without a parallel.

How long has he been so ?" "Nearly a week." "Impossible!" "It is so, sir." Lady Cicely confirmed this.
"All the better," said Dr.Staines upon reflection.

"Well, sir," said he, "the visible injuries having been ably relieved, I shall look another way for the cause." Then, after another pause, "I must have his head shaved." Lady Cicely demurred a little to this; but Dr.Staines stood firm, and his lordship's valet undertook the job.
Staines directed him where to begin; and when he had made a circular tonsure on the top of the head, had it sponged with tepid water.
"I thought so," said he.

"Here is the mischief;" and he pointed to a very slight indentation on the left side of the pia mater.