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Barron--you remember Barron, in our
class at college? He has a very peculiar case of a poor girl whom
he found wandering on the street and brought here. Most unusual
thing. He came over to the laboratory after me in his car. Yes, I
have the message that you left with the hall-boy. Come up here and
pick me up, and we'll ride right down to the Novella. Goodbye."
I had not stopped to ask questions and prolong the conversation,
knowing as I did the fuming impatience of O'Connor. It was relief
enough to know that Kennedy was located at last.
He was in the psychopathic ward with Barron, as I hurried in. The
girl whom he had mentioned over the telephone was then quietly
sleeping under the influence of an opiate, and they were
discussing the case outside in the hall.
"What do you think of it yourself?" Barron was asking, nodding to
me to join them. Then he added for my enlightenment: "I found this
girl wandering bareheaded in the street. To tell the truth, I
thought at first that she was intoxicated, but a good look showed
me better than that.


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