I shall then be able to tell you whether my gentleman and your customer are one and the same person." "I can describe him to you perfectly well.

He was tall, but somewhat sparely built, very sunburnt--which would be accounted for by his long residence in the East--his hair was streaked with grey, he had dark eyes, and a singularly sharp nose." "Did he wear a beard ?" "No, only a moustache.

The latter was carefully trimmed, and, I think, waxed.

Of this, however, I am not quite certain." "And his name ?" "He would not tell us that.

We pressed him to disclose it, but he obstinately refused to do so.