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Dr. Ringwood pushed his chair back from the dinner-table. A glance at the clock on the mantelpiece told him that on this evening he had been even later than usual in getting home for dinner. The expression in his eyes showed that he had gone short of sleep for some time past; and when he rose to his feet, every movement betrayed his overtired condition.
"Bring my coffee to the study, please, Shenstone," he ordered. "And you might take the telephone in there as well."