Placing his purchases in the room at the hotel, Adam Adams accompanied Raymond to Martha Sampson's residence. They found the nurse and the doctor discussing the case, and the detective was introduced and he mentioned the object of his visit.
"It will do no harm to speak to Miss Langmore so long as you do not excite her," said the specialist. "But do not dwell on the subject of the murder too long."
"I shall not mention the murder," was the reply.
When Adam Adams entered the sick room he found Margaret sitting up in bed with several pillows behind her head. She gazed at him in perplexity and then gave a slight shiver.
"You—you have come to take me to prison," she cried.
"Not at all, Miss Langmore," he answered, dropping into a chair by her side. "You shall never go to prison if I can prevent it. But I came to see you about something else. Do you feel a bit stronger?"
"No, I feel very weak. What do you want to see me about, if not about the—"
"Oh, I want to ask you about some of the men with whom your father did business."
"Didn't you ask me that before?"
"Perhaps I did. But I want you to give me all the information you possibly can."