If not-- Captain Spade crept stealthily to the window, and standing on tiptoe, looked in.

Through an aperture in the curtain he could see all over the room.
Gaydon was standing beside Thomas Roch, who had not yet recovered from the fit with which he had been attacked during the Count d'Artigas' visit.

His condition necessitated special attention, and the warder was ministering to the patient under the direction of a third person.
The latter was one of the doctors attached to Healthful House, and had been at once sent to the pavilion by the director when Roch's paroxysm came on.

His presence of course rendered the situation more complicated and the work of the kidnappers more difficult.
Roch, fully dressed, was extended upon a sofa.

He was now fairly calm.
The paroxysm, which was abating, would be followed by several hours of torpor and exhaustion.
Just as Captain Spade peeped through the window the doctor was making preparations to leave.