8/17 The strange fellow offered not a word of explanation, but chatted as though their meeting in such places as this were an everyday occurrence. "You remember--when was it? It was only the other day at--" "Ah, just so, yes," interposed Greenacre, suavely ignoring the locality. "You know my weakness for looking up family histories. I happened to be talking with my friend Beeching yesterday--Aldham Beeching, you know, the Q.C .-- and Quodling came into my head. |