He prescribed egg and brandy in small quantities, and showed Mrs.Monckton how to administer it to a patient in that desperate condition.
His last word was in private to Waddy.

"If he ever speaks again, or even groans aloud, send for me.

Otherwise--" and he shrugged his shoulders.
Some hours afterward Colonel Clifford called as a magistrate to see if the sufferer had any deposition to make.

But he was mute, and his eyes fixed.
As Colonel Clifford returned, one of the detectives accosted him and asked him for a warrant to arrest him.
"Not in his present condition," said Colonel Clifford, rather superciliously.

"And pray, sir, why did not you interfere sooner and prevent this lawless act ?" "Well, sir, unfortunately we were on the other side of the house." "Exactly; you had orders to be in one place, so you must be in another.
See the consequence.