"Todham in a hospital? Where? I must go to him at once."
"Now, as I've already said, we're not at all certain that this man is your brother. If you will come with us we will show you this man and you will be able to see for yourself if he is your brother or not."
"Just a minute, until I put on my hat. I'll go with you right away. My goodness, if it's really Todham—"
Talking to herself in her excitement, Miss Todd bustled away upstairs and returned in a few minutes, her hat awry.
"Hurry!" she said. "Where is the hospital? We'll take a taxi and get there more quickly."
Fenton Hardy smiled sympathetically. Miss Todd was tremendously agitated at the prospect of again seeing her long-lost brother. The hospital was less than three blocks away, so they did not hail a taxi after all, but walked the short distance, and in a little while they found themselves in the doctor's waiting room.
A uniformed nurse entered.
"You want to see the patient called Captain Royal?"
"If you please."
"The doctor is with him now, but he says you may go up. I will show you to his room."