two in the
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They had talked of Hugh Carnaby -LRB- each divining in the other a suspicion they were careful not to avow -RRB- , and their mood led naturally to interchange of thoughts on grave subjects . ` Everyone knows that state of mind , more or less , ' said Morton , in his dreamy voice -- a voice good for the nerves . ` It comes generally when one 's stomach is out of order . You wake at half-past two in the morning , and suffer infernally from the blackest pessimism . It 's morbid -- yes ; but for all that it may be a glimpse of the truth . Health and good spirits , just as likely as not , are the deceptive condition . ' ` Exactly .