"I'll take you into a Chinese home.

We are very poor, but manage to squeeze a little happiness out of each day." "And I promise that all you tell me and show me will sink in," replied O'Higgins, frankly interested.

"I'm a detective; my ears and eyes have been trained to absorb all I see and all I hear.

When I absorb a fact, my brain weighs the fact carefully and stores it away.

You fooled me this morning; but I overheard two old maids talking about you and the young man." "What has he done ?" "What did he have to drink over here last night ?" "Not even water.