When he said he had come in answer to the advertisement, he was
shown into a little room opening from the main hall, and told to wait
until Dr. Hardman came.
"Guess the place is still open, or they wouldn't ask me in,"
thought Frank.
He had not been in the little room three minutes before he heard voices
out in the hall. One was that of the woman who had admitted him. At the
sound of the other he started.
"You'll find him in the small reception room, Dr. Hardman," the
woman had said.
"Ah, yes, thank you Mrs. Robotham. I'll see him directly. I wish you'd
look after ward six to-night. The regular nurse is away."
"That's the man who was at my uncle's house!" Frank thought, as he heard
the doctor's voice. "That's the man who threatened me in the dark. I
didn't recognize that name Hardman when I saw the advertisement, but he's
the man the boys took to the woods. What shall I do? I must not tell my
name, that's certain, and yet he may recognize me, from seeing me in the
woods that day. But the glasses might puzzle him. It's a good thing I
thought of them," and he felt to see if they were properly adjusted.
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