Perhapsitwashisveryinabilitytograspinthatexhaustedstatethefullcomprehensionofthedoctor’smeaning，perhapsbecausethephysicalbenumbingofhisbrainwasstrongerthananymentalexcitement，buthesleptagainuntilthedoctorreappeared。
\"You’redoingwellenoughnow，colonel，\"saidthephysician，afterabriefexaminationofhispatient，\"andIthinkwecanaffordtowakeyouupabit，andevenletyoumoveyourarm。You’reluckierthanpoorTomHigbee，whowon’tbeabletosethislegtothefloorforthreeweekstocome。Ihaven’tgotallthebuckshotoutofityetthatJackDumontputtheretheothernight。\"
Courtlandstartedslightly。JackDumont！ThatwasthenameofSallyDowscousinofwhomChampneyhadspoken！Hehadresolutelyputasidefromhisreturningmemorythehazyrecollectionoftheyounggirl’svoice——thelastthinghehadheardthatnight——andthemysterythatseemedtosurroundit。Buttherewasnodelusioninthiscousin——hisrival，andthatoftheequallydeceivedChampney。
Hecontrolledhimselfandrepeatedcoldly：——
\"JackDumont！\"