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as if the wine had contained some very potent stimulant.
She seemed quite absorbed in the business of selection. Her pretty hands every now and then seemed to touch me quite inadvertently; yet there was quite a magnetic influence in them—such a thrill would shoot through my frame at the slightest contact.
Very few minutes had elapsed ere she appeared to become suddenly very faint, and sank back on the ottoman.
"Oh, sprinkle my temple with water, Mr. Saul. Don't call for assistance; it will soon pass off"—as she saw me about to ring the bell. "Oh! oh! this dreadful cramp in my leg; it always comes when I feel faint. Do rub the right calf; chafe it as hard as you can," she cried out, in apparent great pain.
