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You 're a very sick man . Go to bed at once -- at once , I say ! '' O'Keefe looked the surgeon in the eye , winked meaningly , and O'Keefe turned in , although it was but early afternoon . At six o'clock an orderly stood at the door of the major 's quarters . Mrs. Lysle was standing on the steps , her eyes fixed on the far horizon across which a ship had melted away . `` Beg pardon , madam , '' said the orderly , saluting , `` but young O'Keefe is very ill . We have had the surgeon , but the -- the -- pain 's getting worse .