I am glad the doctor took you, as I have had to
do some of this corridor work myself, and, with my other duties, it has
made me quite played out. All you have to do is to walk around. I will
give you a pair of felt slippers which you are to wear nights, as they
make no noise. When you hear any unusual commotion in any of the rooms,
go to the end of the corridor and press the push button the number of
times to correspond with the number on the door of the room. Attendants
will answer the bell, and do whatever is necessary. Do you think you
understand it?"
Frank said he did, and, a little later, with his feet in a pair of soft
slippers, which were rather large for him, he was patroling up and down
the corridors.
"Well, this is getting into a lunatic asylum in a hurry," he thought as
he walked along. "How strange it turned out! The mere chance of Mr.
Armstrong giving me that paper this afternoon brings me here to-night. I
wonder if I can do what I set out to do? First I must find out which is
his room. That I can't do until I see him again, for if I make inquiries
of any of the attendants they will get suspicious and tell Dr.
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