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Cards in his pocket had identified Warrington and Dr. Mead remembered having heard the name . The prompt attention of the doctor had undoubtedly saved the young man 's life . Over and over again , Dr. Mead said , in his delirium Warrington had repeated the name , `` Violet -- Violet ! '' It was as Garrick had surmised , his desire to stand well in her eyes that had prompted the midnight journey . Yet who the assailant might be , neither Dr. Mead nor the broken raving of Warrington seemed to afford even the slightest clew . That he was a desperate character , without doubt in desperate straits over something , required no great acumen to deduce . Toward morning in a fleeting moment of lucidity , Warrington had mentioned Garrick 's name in such a way that Dr. Mead had looked it up in the telephone directory and then at the earliest moment had called up .