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not with relief, but in an agony of disappointment, 'Is that all?’"
"Yes," added the doctor, rising and calling for his check, "and he repeated it, I should say about a minute later—"
"When did he say it—just before he died, I suppose?" asked a young medical student who had joined the party. And the doctor replied rather wearily as he walked toward the door:
"No, no—he said it—just after he died, you know!"
