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Hotten had already pirated The Innocents, and had it on the market beforeRoutledge could bring out the authorized edition. In actual fact. The result was very nasty and the stains, I felt sure, were indelible. He lost his mind and fatally shot himself in 1903.

There was enough light for me to see reasonably well, however. The trip was anotherfailure. Some medical studentshad come to assist the doctors, and one of these also took specialinterest in Henry's case. I did have one, though.