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IT was in many ways an extraordinary Dr. Hoop-Brown that went down to the Adelaide Hospital the next day, and there was some excuse for the hall-porter when, for the moment, he failed to recognize him.
The whole appearance of the great man was altered in so many ways. Gone was the sombre suit of black, the coat of sober swallow tail, and gone also the tie that was all meet and ready for the burial of the dead. Gone, too, were the gloves that suggested the passing round of hymn-books, and the tall silk hat that spoke of partings and the tolling of church bells.