It was the next
room to yours; and the two had a door of communication between them. On
entering his own room Mr. Godfrey (as he supposed) closed his door.
His money troubles kept him awake. He sat, in his dressing-gown and
slippers, for nearly an hour, thinking over his position. Just as he was
preparing to get into bed, he heard you, talking to yourself, in your
own room, and going to the door of communication, found that he had not
shut it as he supposed.
He looked into your room to see what was the matter. He discovered you
with the candle in your hand, just leaving your bed-chamber. He heard
you say to yourself, in a voice quite unlike your own voice, "How do I
know? The Indians may be hidden in the house."
Up to that time, he had simply supposed himself (in giving you the
laudanum) to be helping to make you the victim of a harmless practical
joke. It now occurred to him, that the laudanum had taken some effect
on you, which had not been foreseen by the doctor, any more than by
himself. In the fear of an accident happening he followed you softly to
see what you would do.
He followed you to Miss Verinder's sitting-room, and saw you go in.
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