'I have had some suspicions of that kind; but we must be silent touching such involuntary communications.'
'Then, suddenly coming to himself, he began to stare around, and seeing us standing about, he collapsed into dead silence, and pulling the bed-clothes over him, remained invisible. Shortly, I drew near his bed, and asked him if he would have any thing. 'Please send Mr. F—— here,' he replied, and I left him.'
It was late in the evening before I could arrange to be with the patient. I found him with less appearance of delirium than might have been expected from the augmented severity of his sufferings. He remained restless and agitated, until about one in the morning, speaking very little, but occasionally murmuring inarticulately in his slumbers. On becoming more calm, he manifested much solicitude for his fellow sufferer.
'Doctor, how does my brother do? Do you think he will get over it?'
He had been removed to a different ward, that he might not be affected by the situation of the other, and was doing well. I stated as much.
'I feel cold, very cold,' he continued. 'Wouldn't some of that warm drink give me a little heat? No! I've tried that; it burns my throat. Yet, I'm all dried up inside.'
'Here is some cool water with wine.'
'Cool! The sound is enough to make me shiver. But I will take some, for the sake of the experiment.'