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Meantime, General Hampden was facing a new foe. His health had suddenly given way, and he was in danger of becoming blind. His doctor had given him his orders -- orders which possibly he might not have taken had not the spectre of a lonely old man in total darkness begun to haunt him. He had been "working too hard," the doctor told him.
"Working hard! Of course, I have been working hard!" snapped the General, fiercely, with his black eyes glowering. "What else have I to do but work? I shall always work hard."