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`` Only think ! '' he said -- `` they tried to do that to me ! But no , sir -- when Bob Venable has to eat graham crackers and milk , he 'll put in arsenic instead of sugar ! That 's the way with many a one of these rich fellows , though -- you picture him living in Capuan luxury , when , as a matter of fact , he 's a man with a torpid liver and a weak stomach , who is put to bed at ten o'clock with a hot-water bag and a flannel night-cap ! '' The two had got up and were strolling toward the smoking-room ; when suddenly at one side a door opened , and a group of men came out . At the head of them was an extraordinary figure , a big powerful body with a grim face . `` Hello ! ''