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He would call the roll , answering `` here '' to each name until he reached Ferriss ; then he would not respond , but instead would cry aloud over and over again , in accents of the bitterest grief , `` Richard Ferriss , answer to the roll-call ; Richard Ferriss , answer to the roll-call -- '' Then suddenly , with a feeble , quavering cry , `` For God 's sake , Dick , answer to the roll-call ! '' The hours passed . Ten o'clock struck , then eleven . At midnight Lloyd took the temperature -LRB- which had decreased considerably -RRB- and the pulse , and refilled the ice-pack about the head . Bennett was still muttering in the throes of delirium , still calling for Ferriss , imploring him to answer to the roll-call ; or repeating the words : `` Dick Ferriss , chief engineer -- died at the hands of his best friend , Ward Bennett , '' in tones so pitiful , so heart-broken that more than once Lloyd felt the tears running down her cheeks . `` Richard Ferriss , Richard Ferriss , answer to the roll-call ; Dick , old man , wo n't you answer , wo n't you answer , old chap , when I call you ? Wo n't you come back and say ` It 's all right ? '