“So be it,”
Answered the doctor, offering her his hand.
“Give him the potion four times every hour
I will return to judge of its effects
At daylight.”[5] Then he went his way, and left
Irene to her office self-imposed.
Scarcely a minute had she been in charge,
When the Bavarian, to Irene turning,
With eye half-opened looked at her and spoke.
“This doctor,” said he “thought I was asleep,