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Chapter 24

           Soperfectwereallthearrangements,andsoadmirablyweretheservantstrained,thattheguestswerenotlongindepartingandthegroundsweresoonnotonlyempty,butdark.NotavestigeofthesplendidilluminationswasleftanywhereandIenteredthehousefatigued,andwithadullsenseofbewildermentandfearonmewhichIcouldnotexplain.IfoundLucioaloneinthesmoking-roomatthefurtherendoftheoak-panelledhall,asmallcosilycurtainedapartmentwithadeepbaywindowwhichopeneddirectlyontothelawn.Hewasstandinginthisembrasurewithhisbacktome,butheturnedswiftlyroundasheheardmystepsandconfrontedmewithsuchawild,white,torturedfacethatIrecoiledfromhim,startled.

           "Lucio,youareill!"Iexclaimed"youhavedonetoomuchto-day."

           "PerhapsIhave!"heansweredinahoarseunsteadyvoice,andIsawastrongshudderconvulsehimashespokethen,gatheringhimselftogetherasitwerebyaneffort,heforcedasmile"Don’tbealarmed,myfriend!itisnothingnothingbutthetwingeofanolddeep-seatedmaladyatroublesomediseasethatisrareamongmen,andhopelesslyincurable."

           "Whatisit?"Iaskedanxiously,forhisdeath-likepalloralarmedme.Helookedatmefixedly,hiseyesdilatinganddarkening,andhishandfellwithaheavypressureonmyshoulder.

           "Averystrangeillness!"hesaid,inthesamejarringaccents.

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