Проклятие мумии, или Камень Семи Звезд

           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.