Chapter 16: The End of One Tour: The Beginning of Another

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌⁠Cynthia found him lying in a darkened room. The nurse had just raised some of the blinds; a dismal day was drawing to its close, and more light was needed ere she could distinguish marked bottles, and doses, and the rest of the appurtenances of dangerous illness.

An English nurse would have forbidden the presence of a stranger; this French one acted with more discretion if less of strict science.

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