When our secretary spoke to me about him after you had left I had my doubts; now, however, they are quite removed.

Why he should have called upon you in such a guise is a question I cannot for the life of me answer with any sort of satisfaction." "Perhaps you will be a little more explicit," I said.

"You have not told me yet how it is that you have been able to locate the gentleman in question.

This morning you must remember you had no sort of remembrance of him." "In that case you must forgive me," he replied.

"As a matter of fact I was so much carried away by my excitement that I could think of nothing else.