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He followed its progress with anxiety -- the face becoming distorted , the lips growing livid . Then when he had given the injection , he observed that the phenomena , for a moment stationary , slowly diminished in intensity . Once more the catastrophe was averted . As soon as he recovered his breath Pascal , glancing at the clock , said in his calm , faint voice : `` My friend , it is seven o'clock -- in twelve hours , at seven o'clock to-night , I shall be dead . '' And as the young man was about to protest , to argue the question , `` No , '' he resumed , `` do not try to deceive me . You have witnessed the attack . You know what it means as well as I do .