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Chapter 4
Shestillbreathedquietlyandregularly;butthefixedexpressionofherface,thoughitwasacalmenoughexpression,gaveplacetofalleneyelidsandthenegativelookofsleep.DoctorWinchesterhad,towardsevening,broughttwomorenurses,oneofwhomwastoremainwithNurseKennedyandtheothertoshareinthewatchingwithMissTrelawny,whohadinsistedonremainingupherself.Shehad,inordertopreparefortheduty,sleptforseveralhoursintheafternoon.Wehadalltakencounseltogether,andhadarrangedthusforthewatchinginMr.Trelawny’sroom.Mrs.Grantwastoremainbesidethepatienttilltwelve,whenMissTrelawnywouldrelieveher.ThenewnursewastositinMissTrelawny’sroom,andtovisitthesickchambereachquarterofanhour.TheDoctorwouldremaintilltwelve;whenIwastorelievehim.Oneorotherofthedetectiveswastoremainwithinhailoftheroomallnight;andtopayperiodicalvisitstoseethatallwaswell.Thus,thewatcherswouldbewatched;andthepossibilityofsucheventsaslastnight,whenthewatcherswerebothovercome,wouldbeavoided.
Whenthesunset,astrangeandgraveanxietyfellonallofus;andinourseparatewayswepreparedforthevigil.DoctorWinchesterhadevidentlybeenthinkingofmyrespirator,forhetoldmehewouldgooutandgetone.Indeed,hetooktotheideasokindlythatIpersuadedMissTrelawnyalsotohaveonewhichshecouldputonwhenhertimeforwatchingcame.
Andsothenightdrewon.