"No, you will not."
"I don't understand."
"Nor will you till you hear my story."
"I'm ready."
The doctor looked piercingly at the young man for a moment, and then gave a satisfied laugh.
"I think you'll do," he said coolly, "desperate diseases require desperate remedies, and if you want to escape the strong arm of the law, you will have to undergo a very curious experience."
"And that experience."
"Forms the sequel to the story I am now going to tell you."