As he drove off he shoved this into my hand.

It is the merest chance that I did not chuck it away, for, feeling that it was a crumpled piece of paper, I imagined that it must be a tradesman's advertisement or something of the kind.

However, as luck would have it, I put it in my pocket, and there I found it when I looked for the dates of our cruise.

Now you know as much of the matter as I do." Brother and sister stared at the black and white crinkled note with astonishment upon their faces.
"Why, your unknown traveller must have been Monte Cristo, or Rothschild at the least!" said Robert.

"I am bound to say, Laura, that I think you have lost your bet." "Oh, I am quite content to lose it.