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I feign sleep, hoping that Lady Deignton will leave the beef-tea by my side, and go. I find, however, that she is not willing to leave my taking it to chance. She does not scruple to take me by the arm, and, as she imagines, awake me.
"I have brought you some beef-tea," she says coldly. "Sit up and drink it."