"I had better not go and see him, for talking will do him harm rather than good.

We shall be having him on our hands with brain fever if this goes on.

I will go round with the tea myself to the head constable and tell him that no one must on any account be permitted to see Ned, and that rest and quiet are absolutely necessary for him.

I will put a strong dose of opium into the tea." Ten minutes later Dr.Green called upon the chief constable and told him that he feared from what he had heard from Mr.Porson that Ned was in a very critical state, and that unless he got rest and sleep he would probably have an attack of brain fever, even if his mind did not give way altogether.
"I was intending to have him removed at once," the officer said, "to a comfortable room at my own house.

He was only placed where he is temporarily.