"In the free psychopathic ward of a sanitarium for diseases of the brain—to be watched."
"To be under observation. There's a difference."
"All the observation in the world wouldn't tell Doctor Glegg more than I'm telling you now."
"Oh yes, it would. It would tell him—it would tell me—you must excuse me, you know—but the situation obliges me to speak frankly—it would tell him—it would tell me—whether or not your story is a true one."
"So you don't believe me?"
"How can I believe you on the strength of this one interview?"
"But how could I convince you in a dozen interviews?"
"You couldn't. Nothing would convince me but something in the way of outside proof—or Doctor Glegg's report."
I rose, not as I did before, but slowly, and I hoped with dignity.
"Then I see no reason, sir, for taking your time any longer—"