But he simply asked:
"When did you return to New York?"
"About a week ago," the physician replied. "I was very sorry to have to leave you as I did, but the summons to my wife was imperative, and of course my duty was by her side."
A sarcastic smile curled Ray's lips at this last remark.
"I am only surprised that you returned at all," he quietly responded.
"Why?" inquired the physician, with some astonishment.
"It is not always safe, you know," Ray answered, looking him straight in the eye, "for one who has aided and abetted a stupendous robbery to appear so soon upon the scene of his depredations."
Doctor Wesselhoff's face fell.
He had hoped that, when the young man should recover, all signs of his peculiar mania would disappear; but this did not seem much like it, and he began to fear the case might prove a very obstinate one.
"I think you must rest now," he remarked, evading the subject; "you have talked long enough this time."