I noticed that of him, anyway!" "He's dead now," said Allerdyke.

"He's lying there dead.

Come in!" The door along the corridor from which the man of the shock head and great beard had looked out, opened again, and the big head was protruded.
Its owner, seeing the two standing there, came out.
"Anything wrong ?" he asked, advancing towards them in his pyjamas.

"If there's any illness, I'm a medical man.

Can I be of use ?" Allerdyke turned sharply, looking the stranger well over.