'You say you're a doctor,' I said. 'How can I get better? Does amnesia go slowly or suddenly?'
'Sometimes slowly. Sometimes suddenly.'
'Will you help me, Doctor Volney?' I asked.
'Old friend,' he said, 'I'll do everything possible.'
'Very well. And if you're my doctor, you can't tell anybody what I say.'
'Of course not,' Doctor Volney answered.