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`` No , '' said the surgeon , `` he will pull through . '' `` So much the worse , '' answered Michel . `` Yes ; so much the worse , '' said Lucien , as his tears fell fast . By noon the unhappy boy lay in bed in his own room . With untold pains they had managed to remove him , but it had taken five hours to bring him to the Rue de la Lune . His condition was not dangerous , but precautions were necessary lest fever should set in and bring about troublesome complications . Coralie choked down her grief and anguish .