"And you are----?" faltered Rushwood.
"I am Louis Farley, the lawyer."
"And I am Frank Brossom, the detective," put in that individual. "Doctor, the game is up, and you had better retire as gracefully as you can."
"Retire?" thundered Dr. Rushwood, who felt that he must put on a front. "I have done nothing of which I am ashamed. The lady is here on the certificate of two doctors. If anything is wrong----"
"You will right it, of course," finished the detective, thus affording Rushwood a loop-hole through which he might escape. "Very well, take us up to the lady."
"Of course I will right anything that is wrong."
"Then take us up to Mrs. Vernon," put in Robert, and started for the stairs.
"See here, it seems to me that you are very forward," blustered the doctor.
"I shall not waste time with you," answered Robert. "I know where Mrs. Vernon is, and I am going up to her," and he began to ascend the stairs.
"Be careful, young man, or I may loosen my dog."