Then she said: "I regret, sir, that we can't give you a print, for the customer purchased the negative at the time." "Ah, I'm very sorry for that," I said.

"To what address did you send it ?" "The customer who ordered it was apparently a foreigner," she said, at the same time turning round the ledger so that I could read.

And I saw that the entry was: "Heath--Miss Elma--3 dozen cabinets and negative.
Address: Baron Xavier Oberg, Vosnesenski Prospect 48, St.Petersburg, Russia." "Did this gentleman come with the young lady when her portrait was taken ?" I inquired.
"I can't tell, sir," she replied.

"I've only been here a year, and you see the date--over two years ago." "The photographer would know, perhaps ?" "He's a new man, sir.

He only came a month ago.