"As you have only met me once before, you probably won't recall it now." Merefleet nodded comprehension.

He loved the straight, quiet speech of Englishmen.

There was no flurry or palaver about this specimen.

He spoke as a man quite sure of himself and wholly independent of his fellow men.
"Ah, I remember you now," Merefleet said.

"You came as Ralph Warrender's guest to a club dinner in New York.