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[Looking up at him.] Tell me, Inspector—are any of your patients in the habit of taking baths during the night?

[Astonished.] During the night? No, I have never heard of such a thing.

Have you not?

No, I don't know of any one so ill as to require such treatment.

Well, at any rate there is some one who is in the habit of walking about the park by night?

[Smiling and shaking his head.] No, Professor—that would be against the rules.

[Impatiently.] Good Heavens, Rubek, I told you so this morning—you must have dreamt it.

[Drily.] Indeed? Must I? Thank you! [Turning to the Inspector.] The fact is, I got up last night—I couldn't sleep—and I wanted to see what sort of night it was