He was shaking like a chilled and nervous dog.
"I have had a talk with Badger.

He couldn't understand how the papers got into his pockets.

But I knew as soon as he told me of your encounter in that saloon last night, for I had seen the slips purporting to be in his handwriting, and I knew they were forged, and I was sure you were the forger!" "Quite a Sherlock Holmes!" said Agnew.

"This is a very interesting little romance.

The only trouble is that, like most romances, there isn't a word of truth in it." "You are the man who stole the printed question slips.