Chapter XXVI A TORTURED CONSCIENCE
"Did you see the prisoners?" asked Durgan.
He assumed that Alden would visit Adam as a blind.
"Ah—I saw the doctor. It occurred to me to see him first."
"How long will 'Dolphus live?" asked Durgan, eagerly. Again he felt that he could not let this man die without extracting whatever clue he held.
"Impossible to make any forecast. The doctor has had the glass removed from his window—in short, the proper steps are being taken. Absolute quiet is ordered."
"Then you could not see him?"
"No."