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As the physician passed him Adler stood up and saluted : `` Is he doing any better now , sir ? '' he whispered . `` Nothing new , '' returned the other brusquely . `` He may get well in three weeks ' time or he may die before midnight ; so there you are . You know as much about it as I do . Damn that dog ! '' He trod upon Kamiska , who forbore heroically to yelp , and went on his way .