He had, however, a big head, a prominent forehead, and keen grey eyes.

He wore gold-rimmed spectacles, and was evidently well fed and on good terms with himself.
"You are a professor of mesmerism and clairvoyance, I believe ?" I began.
"That is my profession," said the little man, "Then I am in hopes that you may be able to help me in my difficulty." "I shall be pleased to help you," he said, still stiffly.
"Can you," I went on, "tell the whereabouts of a man whom I may describe to you ?" "That is very vague," was the reply.

"Your description may be incorrect, or a hundred men might answer to it.

I would promise nothing under such conditions." "Perhaps I had better tell my story," I said.
"I think you had," said the little professor, quietly.
"On the 2nd of January of the present year," I said, "a man disappeared in the night from a place in Yorkshire.

He is an Egyptian, and easily distinguished.