Some of the old hospital inmates whom he had abused at various times, as he had the dead Batavsky, said among themselves that the spirits of his dead victims were haunting him, which was pretty nearly the truth.
And to get away from them was, now that he had received leave of absence, what now urged him in the preparations.
He dared not encounter those horrible dreams again.
CHAPTER XI.
KANOFFSKIE AND HIS SERVANT.
"Barnwell, come here," said the miserable surgeon. "I have obtained leave of absence, and shall set out for St. Petersburg at once, taking with me a servant. Now make haste with my packing."
"Going to take a servant with you?" asked the young American, anxiously.
"Yes."
"Oh, will you take me?"
"Yes, I shall take you. But why do you manifest so much anxiety?"