"I beg your pardon," said the doctor suavely to the first man, "but I'm locked in."
"Poor fellow," replied the visitor, "so I perceive."
"I wish you would be good enough to have some one let me out," the doctor continued.
By this time a second visitor appeared.
"See," said the first, "this fellow looks quite intelligent, and asks to be released, as though he really expected it."
"Gentlemen, I see your error. I am not crazy, I assure you. I locked myself in here by accident. Really—I—why——" and the doctor felt himself smiling in the most blankly imbecile manner.
"Look at him now!" cried the second visitor. "Did you ever see a more hopelessly idiotic expression on the face of man?"
