blue-eyed-"the doll type."
A man was in the apartment. He had at first evaded giving his name, saying that he was merely a friend.
At first glance, Dr. Y had thought the woman had been subjected to some violence, but examination
revealed no bruises or other injuries. The "friend" had told him they had been eating dinner when "Miss
Darnley flopped right down on the floor as though all her bones had gone soft, and we couldn't get
anything out of her." The maid confirmed this. There was a half-eaten dinner on the table, and both man
and servant declared Hortense had been in the best of spirits. There had been no quarrel. Reluctantly, the
"friend" had admitted that the seizure had occurred three hours before, and that they had tried to "bring
her about" themselves, calling upon him only when the alternating expressions which I have referred to in
the case of Peters began to appear.