He disappeared--vanished off the face of the earth; but perhaps you have heard of the affair.

The confounded papers were full of it at the time." He paused abruptly, noticing, no doubt, a sudden change in my face.

Of course, I recollected the case now.

Indeed, ever since I had entered the house some chord of memory had been faintly vibrating, and now his last words had struck out the full note.
"Yes," I said, "I remember the incident, though I don't suppose I should but for the fact that our lecturer on medical jurisprudence drew my attention to it." "Indeed," said Mr.Bellingham, rather uneasily, as I fancied.

"What did he say about it ?" "He referred to it as a case that was calculated to give rise to some very pretty legal complications." "By Jove!" exclaimed Mr.Bellingham, "that man was a prophet! Legal complications, indeed! But I'll be bound he never guessed at the sort of infernal tangle that has actually gathered round the affair.