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When he had obtained a sufficient quantity he returned to the boathouse , made a small fire of chips , and , filling his tin baler with water , he set down the poppies to boil . When the liquor was cool , he measured out a portion and drank it . In about twenty minutes his temples began to throb , a sensation which was rapidly followed by nausea . It was midday before he recovered from the effects of his experiment sufficiently to take food . Then he waited for two hours , and felt much restored . He stole to the hut and looked in . Helen lay there as he had left her .