He is the man who discovered the other chap, and I'm sure he would like to hear your story." Dempsey was accordingly summoned, and his wonderment was as great as his friend's had been.
"Now," said Gregory, when Dempsey had been made familiar with the other's story, "what is it you want to know about the man we picked up?
Ask your questions, and we'll do the best we can to answer them." In reply to Kitwater's questions, Gregory and Dempsey described, as far as they were able, the appearance of the man whom they had helped.

The schedule was in a great measure satisfactory, but not altogether.

There were so many English in Burmah who were tall, and who had dark eyes and broad shoulders.

Little Codd leant towards his companion and taking his hand made some signs upon it.
"That's so, my little man," said Kitwater, nodding his head approvingly.
"You've hit the nail on the head." Then turning to Gregory, he continued, "Perhaps, sir, you don't happen to remember whether he had any particular mark upon either of his wrists ?" Gregory replied that he had not noticed anything extraordinary, but Dempsey was by no means so forgetful?
"Of course he had," he answered.

"I remember noticing it for the first time when I pulled him out of the Ford, and afterwards when he was in bed.