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was the younger and the taller of the two.
"Are you John?" he asked at once.
"Yes."
"John what?"
"No. John Amyas Tempest."
"I am his only brother," said Colonel Tempest hoarsely. "Can I see him?"
"Certainly, my dear sir, certainly; but at the same time all agitation, all tendency to excitement, must be rigorously avoided."
"Is he really dying?" interrupted Colonel Tempest.
"He is."
"How long has he?" Colonel Tempest felt as if a hand were tightening round his throat. The doctor shrugged his shoulders.
"Three hours. Five hours. He might live through the night. I cannot say."
"There would be time," said Colonel Tempest to himself; and, not without a shuddering foreboding that his brother might die in his actual presence, without giving him time to bolt, he entered the sick-room, from which the doctor had beckoned the nurse, and closed the door.
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