"Keep the woman quiet till she's wanted!" he growled.
Annie sat timidly on a chair in the background and the captain turned again to the doctor.
"What's that you were saying, doctor?"
"You tell me the man confessed?"
Crossing the room to where Howard sat, Dr. Bernstein looked closely at him. Apparently the prisoner was asleep. His eyes were closed and his head drooped forward on his chest. He was ghastly pale.
The captain grinned.
"Yes, sir, confessed—in the presence of three witnesses. Eh, sergeant?"
"Yes, sir," replied Maloney.
"You heard him, too, didn't you, Delaney?"
"Yes, captain."