"A doctor ought to be able to cure himself of that."
"So one would think, but it's pretty hard for a doctor to cure himself, even though he can cure others."
"How is your old friend Frederic Vernon these days?" went on our hero, in an apparently careless tone.
At this question Remington's face fell and took on a sour look.
"Vernon played me a mean trick," he muttered.
"How so?"
"Why, I--er--I loaned him some money, and he went off without paying me back."
"And you haven't seen anything of him since?"
"No. Do you know where he is?"
"I do not."