"Remember," said Dr. Daincourt, gravely, "that she is in great danger."
"You man that she may die soon?"
"Yes."
"But not suddenly?" I asked, in alarm.
"I think not suddenly."
"Still," I said, "there is a chance of her being restored to health?"
"Yes, there is a chance of it."
"If the worst happens," I said, "is it likely that she would recover consciousness before her death?"
"It is almost certain that she would."
"Then it would be necessary," I said, "to take her dying deposition. Doctor, it is my firm conviction that the man and the woman who entered Edward Layton's house after midnight on the 25th of March were not Edward Layton and Mabel Rutland."