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Chapter 2

           "Who’reyoutalkingabout?"

           "Why,yourwife’sfatherperhapsI"

           "MyWHAT?"

           "IsupposeyoumeanI’mthefirstperson"

           "Youmeanmywife’sfatherishere,inLausanne?"

           "Why,IthoughtyouknewIthoughtthatwaswhyyouwerehere."

           "Whatdoctoristakingcareofhim?"

           Dickscrawledthenameinanotebook,excusedhimself,andhurriedtoatelephonebooth.

           ItwasconvenientforDoctorDangeutoseeDoctorDiverathishouseimmediately.

           DoctorDangeuwasayoungGénevois;foramomenthewasafraidthathewasgoingtoloseaprofitablepatient,but,whenDickreassuredhim,hedivulgedthefactthatMr.Warrenwasindeeddying.

           "Heisonlyfiftybuttheliverhasstoppedrestoringitself;theprecipitatingfactorisalcoholism."

           "Doesn’trespond?"

           "ThemancantakenothingexceptliquidsIgivehimthreedays,oratmost,aweek."

           "Doeshiselderdaughter,MissWarren,knowhiscondition?"

           "Byhisownwishnooneknowsexcepttheman-servant.ItwasonlythismorningIfeltIhadtotellhimhetookitexcitedly,althoughhehasbeeninaveryreligiousandresignedmoodfromthebeginningofhisillness."

           Dickconsidered:"Well"hedecidedslowly,"inanycaseI’lltakecareofthefamilyangle.ButIimaginetheywouldwantaconsultation."

           "Asyoulike."

           "IknowIspeakforthemwhenIaskyoutocallinoneofthebest-knownmedicinemenaroundthelakeHerbrugge,fromGeneva."

           "IwasthinkingofHerbrugge.

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