4:41 a.m. —As the Colours of Dawn
“Well,” Lieutenant Valcour said, as he joined Dr. Worth in Endicott’s room, “what do you think now?”
Dr. Worth was finished with bewilderments. In spite of the camel’s-hair robe swathing him, he had recaptured to an impressive extent his air of dignity.
“Lieutenant,” he said, “I think that my services are no longer required in this house. With your permission, I shall dismiss the two nurses and go home.”
“Why, certainly, Doctor, if you wish. The prosecuting attorney will probably require your testimony to secure an indictment and will want you later on at the trial, but I’m sure he will bother you just as little as possible. We realize how annoying any court work is to a doctor.”
“I shall be glad to testify whenever required.”
“Will you also let me know where to keep in touch with the two nurses? Their testimony will be needed, too.”
Dr. Worth stated the name and address of the Nurses’ Home at which Miss Vickers and Miss Murrow could always be reached, and Lieutenant Valcour wrote them down in his notebook.
“Would it bother you very much, Lieutenant, to let Mrs. Endicott know that I have gone, when you see her?”
“Not at all, Doctor.”