This Mr.Weiss must be an excessively conscientious man if he had considered that his promise to Mr.Graves committed him to such extraordinary precautions.
Evidently no mere following of the letter of the law was enough to satisfy his sensitive conscience.

Unless he had reasons for sharing Mr.
Graves's unreasonable desire for secrecy--for one could not suppose that these measures of concealment had been taken by the patient himself.
The further suggestions that evolved themselves from this consideration were a little disquieting.

Whither was I being carried and for what purpose?
The idea that I was bound for some den of thieves where I might be robbed and possibly murdered, I dismissed with a smile.

Thieves do not make elaborately concerted plans to rob poor devils like me.
Poverty has its compensations in that respect.

But there were other possibilities.