“What’s the matter with me, then?” he said helplessly.
“They tried to chloroform you—but that’s passing away now.”
“Tell me all.”
“Do you think I had better?”
“Yes, yes; don’t let me go back to sleep,” he said desperately. “I remember something over my head, stifling me—the room full of people—darkness——”
“That’s true; they were trying to get you out of the window and over the roof when we broke in.”
“They? Who? Doctor—” He hesitated, watching her sharply.
“Yes; Doctor Fortier.”
“He’s here!” he said, sitting up and staring about the room.
“Not now; there’s no one here.”