28/35 I was watching him." It instantly struck Percival Elster, by one of those flashes of conviction that are no less sure than subtle, that Mr.Pike's interest in this watching arose from a fear that the stranger might have been looking after _him_. Pike continued: "After he had taken his fill of waiting, he came dodging down this way, and I got into conversation with him. A poor devil out of work, I told him; a soldier once, but maimed and good for little now. |