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I sat up suddenly in bed and turned on the light. It was barely two o'clock by my watch, but I felt sure that I had not been mistaken. Some one had knocked at my door.
In the act of springing out of bed the sound was repeated. This time there was certainly no mistake about it, and I heard my name called --