"It's a gloomy hole, and the doctor is a terror."
"A terror? What do you mean by that?"
"He's awfully strict and awfully mean. Some folks say he don't give the crazy folks half enough to eat. He was always kicking about his meat bill. That's the reason our firm stopped serving him."
"Did you see them taking anybody new into there lately?"
"No, but I heard Jack Mason telling that he saw them taking a woman in there last night."
"A young woman or an elderly lady?"
"Jack said it was an oldish-looking woman, and said she was very handsomely dressed."
"What time was this?"
"About six o'clock last night. They brought her in a coach, and two men were with her. But what do you ask all these questions for?"
"I have my reasons. A lady has disappeared and I am looking for her."