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You can get up as soon as you feel strong enough . '' `` What time is it ? '' he asked . `` It 's a little after midnight , '' Brennan replied , as the surgeon left the room . `` Tell me , '' he asked , `` how did it happen that you got there in time to save me ? '' `` I telephoned to P. Q. after dinner to tell him that I had Ben Smith 's transcript and he told me about Murphy , '' Brennan explained . `` He told me to find you at the receiving hospital here .