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be going, brother. You had better stir about and see to the doors being properly fastened. I will send on a strong dose directly I get home. Try it on him it may save him at last, if he can be saved at all. [Exeunt Madhav and Doctor.]
[The Headman enters]
Headman
Hello, urchin!———
Gaffer [Rising hastily]
'Sh, be quiet.
Amal
No, Fakir, did you think I was asleep? I wasn't. I can hear every-thing; yes, and voices far away. I feel that mother and father are sitting by my pillow and speaking to me.
[Madhav enters]
