two
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They went out and closed the door behind them . `` Gee whizz , '' said the trader . That night Dr Macphail could not get to sleep till late , and when he heard the missionary come upstairs he looked at his watch . It was two o'clock . But even then he did not go to bed at once , for through the wooden partition that separated their rooms he heard him praying aloud , till he himself , exhausted , fell asleep . When he saw him next morning he was surprised at his appearance . He was paler than ever , tired , but his eyes shone with an inhuman fire .