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? ? ? ? 'Do you still hear?' I shouted, holding the fingers and waiting for the single pressure which would signify 'yes.' There was no response. The hand was dead.

? ? ? ? 'I noticed the lips slightly move,' Maud said.

? ? ? ? I repeated the question. The lips moved. She placed the tips of her fingers on them. Again I repeated the question. 'Yes,' Maud announced. We looked at each other expectantly.

? ? ? ? 'What good is it?' I asked. 'What can we say now?'

? ? ? ? 'Oh, ask him-'

? ? ? ? She hesitated.

? ? ? ? 'Ask him something that requires "no" for an answer,' I suggested. 'Then we shall know with certainty.'

? ? ? ? 'Are you hungry?' she cried.

? ? ? ? The lips moved under her fingers, and she answered, 'Yes.'

? ? ? ? 'Will you have some beef?' was her next query.

? ? ? ? 'No,' she announced.

? ? ? ? 'Beef-tea?'

? ? ? ? 'Yes, he will have some beef-tea,' she said quietly, looking up at me.


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