The other doctor sprang for the door, but the man from the wardrobe got there first.
In a moment the doctor was thrown to the floor and handcuffed.
But although captured, the fellow was not conquered.
“There’s one sure thing,” he said, “and that is that you can’t save Chick. He’s got a dose that will finish him.”
“All right,” said Nick, coolly, “I can get another assistant, but you can’t get another neck after the law gets done with the one you have.”
“Will the charge against me be murder?”
“Certainly.”
“Is that other chap asleep?”
“Yes.”
“Then I want to talk to you alone.”