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I went straight up to the side-ward in the hospital where Thorold lay, the hall-porter, in his glass-box, having nodded me within. At the door of the ward I met the sister, in her blue gown.
"I am so glad you have come, Mr. Ashton! " she exclaimed. "He wants so much to see you, and I fear he has not long to live."