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There ought to be some improvement by this time ; instead of which it 's all the other way . ' ` What precautions have you taken ? ' ` I 've searched his rooms , and not a thing have I found stowed away anywhere . It is n't often that he 's left to himself , for when I get my midday sleep Mrs. Wendover sits with him ; or , if he 's cranky , and wants to be alone , she stays in the next room , with the door ajar between them ; and Robert , the groom , is on duty in the passage , in case the patient should get unmanageable . ' ` I see -- you have been very careful ; but practically your patient has been often alone -- the half-open door signifies nothing -- he was unobserved , and free to do what he pleased all the same . ' ` But he could n't drink if there was no liquor within reach . ' ` Was there none ?