Morning brought a marked improvement in Ricori's condition. The deep coma was unchanged, but his
temperature was nearly normal; respiration and heart action quite satisfactory. Braile and I divided duties
so that one of us could be constantly within call of the nurses. The guards were relieved after breakfast
by two others. One of my quiet visitors of the night before made his appearance, looked at Ricori and
received with unfeigned gratification my reassuring reports.
After I had gone to bed the obvious idea had occurred to me that Ricori might have made some
memorandum concerning his quest; I had felt reluctance about going through his pockets, however. Now
seemed to be the opportunity to ascertain whether he had or had not. I suggested to my visitor that he
might wish to examine any papers Ricori had been carrying, adding that we had been interested together
in a certain matter, that he had been on his way to discuss this with me when he had undergone his