"That I always look the same in your eyes, Miss Lorne, is because I have but one face for you, and that is my real one.

Not many people see it, even among the men of The Yard whom I occasionally work with.

You do, however; so does Mr.Narkom, occasionally.

So did that boy, unfortunately.

I had to show it when I came to your assistance, if only to assure you that you were in friendly hands and to prevent you taking fright and running off into the mist in a panic and losing yourself where even I might not be able to find you.