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"There was nothing in this action to attract my particular

attention, for I had seen common people struck more commonly than

dogs. But, the other of the two, being angry likewise, struck the

man in like manner with his arm; the look and bearing of the

brothers were then so exactly alike, that I then first perceived

them to be twin brothers.

"From the time of our alighting at the outer gate (which we found

locked, and which one of the brothers had opened to admit us, and

had relocked), I had heard cries proceeding from an upper

chamber. I was conducted to this chamber straight, the cries

growing louder as we ascended the stairs, and I found a patient

in a high fever of the brain, lying on a bed.