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Haldane went hastily for Dr. Orton , but he gave scarcely a hope from the first . During the night following the day on which she had been stricken down a strange event occurred . -LSB- Footnote : It is stated on high medical authority that `` all patients suffer more during thunder-showers , '' and an instance is given of a physician who was suffering from this fever , and who was killed as instantly , by vivid flash and loud report , as if he had been struck by the lightning . -RSB- The sultry heat had been followed by a tropical thunder-storm , which had gathered in the darkness , and often gave to the midnight a momentary and brighter glare than that of the previous noon . The child would start as the flashes grew more intense , for they seemed to distress her very much . As Haldane was lifting her to give her a drink he said : `` Perhaps Bertie will see papa very soon . '' Hearing the word `` papa , '' the child forgot her pain for a moment and smiled .