the house was in order and reeking of disinfectants . Victoria 's fine furniture and fixings were being bundled out of the parlor . There was no bedroom downstairs , and , if Christopher was going to be ill , he must be installed there . The doctor looked grave . `` I do n't like it , '' he said , `` but I 'm not quite sure yet . If it is smallpox the eruption will probably by out by morning . I must admit he has most of the symptoms . Will you have him taken to the hospital ? '' `` No , '' said Eunice , decisively . `` I 'll nurse him myself . I 'm not afraid and I 'm well and strong . '' `` Very well . You 've been vaccinated lately ? '' `` Yes . '' `` Well , nothing more can be done at present . You may as well lie down for a while and save your strength . '' But Eunice could not do that . There was too much to attend to . She went out to the hall and threw up the window . Down below , at a safe distance , Charles Holland was waiting .
The cold wind blew up XXXXX Eunice the odor of the disinfectants with which he had steeped himself .
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