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`` All this hell sooner than answer a question or two . By to-morrow night , with another dose of the same medicine , he 'll feel differently . Likely I 'll run up to Connecticut to-night , Hunch , to see my aunt . I 'll be back by noon to-morrow . Tear off the window boards and give him some more air . You can move him to another room in the morning . '' Hunch obeyed , and presently as the street door slammed behind his chief , Hunch 's single eye roved expectantly to the forgotten whiskey on the table .