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THIS is the place, sir," said the cabman.
Before him was lighted. The door was standing open. The brougham of a / surgeon was beside the curb. He walked slowly up the great steps to the / door. There was an indescribable something in the air which seemed to / presage calamity; there were sounds as of persons hurrying with some / desperate matter.