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Where is Doctor Alasco ? '' `` In his laboratory , '' answered Foster . `` It is the hour he is spoken not withal . We must wait till noon is past , or spoil his important -- what said I ? important ! -- I would say interrupt his divine studies . '' `` Ay , he studies the devil 's divinity , '' said Varney ; `` but when I want him , one hour must suffice as well as another .