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asked Meldon , pushing the punt a little nearer to the shore . `` I did , and if he was mad before he was madder after . I offered to fetch the doctor up to him , but he would n't listen to a word I said . It was twelve o'clock and more before I got him quietened down , and I would n't say he was what you 'd call properly pacified then . He was growling like a dog would when I left him , and saying he 'd have it out with me in the morning . '' `` I daresay , '' said Meldon , `` he was worse after he got his breakfast . '' `` He was , '' said Doyle .