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“I said No, it was the heart.
“He said I was a very clever doctor, he had
always suspected it was the heart. He begged
me to keep my professional secret and not to tell
it to his friends, he did not want them to know
what did not concern them.
“We returned to Paris the next morning. He
seemed to enjoy the crossing between Dover and
Calais, he said he loved the sea. Since then he
has hardly ever left Avenue de Villiers, wandering
restlessly from room to room as if he could not
sit down for a minute. He is always hanging
about in my waiting room, pushing his way
among the rich Americans to ask me for a
pick-me-up, he says he is so tired. The rest of the
day he drives about with me from place to place
waiting patiently in the carriage with the dog
while I am visiting my patients. During dinner
he sits opposite me in the chair you are sitting in
now, staring at me with his tired eyes, says he
has no appetite, all he wants is a stiff
sleeping-draught. In the night he comes and bends his
head over my pillow, imploring me for God’s sake
to take him away, he says he cannot stand it
much longer, or . . .”
“Neither can I,” Norstrom interrupted angrily,
“for Heaven’s sake stop this confounded
nonsense about your Doppelgänger, mental
vivisection is a dangerous game for a man who cannot
sleep. If you go on like this a little longer, both
you and your Doppelgänger will end in Asile St.
Anne. I give you up. If you wish to chuck
your career, if you do not want either reputation
or money, if you prefer your whitewashed room
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