Howell: "Hello, Lyon. Changed your room?"
Lyon: "Yes. I followed your suggestion."
Howell: "That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I'm getting nervous about putting off that interview with Mrs. Broughton any longer. Barry tells me she is worse. I don't want to risk waiting until it is too late. If she should die, for instance,--"
Lyon: "Barry is bluffing, to protect his patient. She is better."
Howell: "How do you know?"
Lyon: "Miss Kittie tells me she is better."
Howell: "When was that?"
Lyon: "An hour ago."
Howell: "How did you hear from her?"
Lyon: "By heliograph. We have established a code."