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Dr. Wycherley looked at it, and said it was innocent, being
unintelligible: and he would insert it himself.
"Three insertions, dear doctor, said Alfred. "Here is the money.
The doctor then told him sorrowfully he must pack up his things--Dr.
Wolf's keepers were waiting for him.
The moment of parting came. Then Alfred solemnly forgave Dr. Wycherley
for signing away his wits, and thanked him for all his kindness and
humanity. "We shall never meet again, I fear," said he; "I feel a weight
of foreboding here about my heart I never felt before; yet my trials have
been many and great. I think the end is at hand." Dr. Wolf's keepers
received him, and their first act was to handcuff him. The cold steel
struck into him deeper than his wrist, and reminded him of Silverton
Grove; he could not suppress a shudder. The carriage rolled all through
London with him. He saw the Parks with autumn's brown and golden tints:
he saw the people, some rich, some poor, but none of them prisoners. He
saw a little girl all rags. "Oh if I could be as ragged as you are," he
said, "and free.


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