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of pages out of his notebook and handed them to Sloan.

Morpheus, Modred, Living Triangle, Weird Rune, Runestone . . . and what's this? Some kind of nursery
rhyme?" asked Sloan.

"It's what the Gypsy picked up," McGuire said. "She thinks it might be some sort of spell. Morpheus and
Modred might be aliases of Michael Cornwall. The others ... I don't know what the hell they are. See if
you can come up with anything."

"It's not much," said Sloan.

"It's a beginning, Hank. Get on it, okay?"

"You got it."

McGuire slipped out through the basement to avoid the press and had a squad car drive him over to the
hospital, so that he could check on Detective Angelo. All he knew so far was that Angelo was in critical
condition. He wanted to have all the details. When he talked to the press, he wanted to have at least
some answers for them. He was hoping that Angelo could supply them. Assuming he could talk.

At the hospital, he identified himself by producing his shield at the desk, then asked to speak to the
doctor in charge of Angelo's case. He noticed that the nurses exchanged nervous glances when he
mentioned Angelo's name. That wasn't a good sign. A few moments later a white-coated physician
approached him.

'Deputy Commissioner McGuire? I'm Dr. Ronald Fuller, Chief of Medicine."

"Thank you for coming, Doctor," said McGuire. "What can you tell me about Detective Angelo's
condition? Is he able to talk?"

"Well," Fuller began uneasily, "up until a short while ago, I wouldn't have thought he was capable of
anything. Detective Angelo was in a coma when he was brought into emergency."

"Was in a coma? You mean he didn't make it?"

"Well, apparently, Detective Angelo not only came out of his coma, but he left the hospital," said Dr.
Fuller, looking rather upset.

"What do you mean he left the hospital? You mean he was in a coma when he came here several hours
ago and now he's been discharged?"
"No, no, that would be quite irregular," said Dr. Fuller. "I mean he apparently took it upon himself to
leave."

"Wait a minute," said McGuire. "What the hell is this? You're telling me that a man who was in a coma a
mere matter of hours ago suddenly gets up and just walks out on his own steam?"

"He was seen leaving the hospital," said Dr. Fuller.

"And nobody tried to stop him?"