"I fancy our host looked a bit staggered." "It was enough to surprise him," Brooks answered.

"From Lake Ono to Medchester is a long way." Molyneux nodded.
"By Jove, it is," he affirmed.

"Queer stick our host.

Close as wax.
I've known him ever since he dropped in for the title and estates, and I've never yet heard him open his mouth on the subject of his travels." "Was he away from England for very long ?" Brooks asked.
"No one knows where he was," Molyneux replied.

"Twenty years ago he was reading for the Bar in London, and he suddenly disappeared.