By what singular chance did he find you in that shop ?" "I found _him_, dearest brother, if I must make the humiliating disclosure." "I shouldn't have believed it! I hardly thought you would carry it so far." "And while he may be a salesman of imitation cut-glass, he has expensive tastes." "Lord help us, he hasn't been buying you a watch ?" "No; he was lavishing himself on a watch for the foreman of his ranch in Montana." "Humph! you're chaffing." "Not in the least.

He paid--I couldn't help being a witness to the transaction--he actually paid five hundred francs for a watch to give to the foreman of his ranch--_his_ ranch, mind you, in Montana, U.S.A.
He spoke of it incidentally, as though he were always buying watches for cowboys.

Now where does that leave us ?" "I'm afraid it rather does for my theory.

I'll look him up when I get home.

Montana isn't a good hiding-place any more.