I am glad that Mr.Curtis did not wait to consult the Almanach de Gotha when _he_ encountered the wretch.

Has he told you that he hit him ?" "I have seen the Count," said Steingall.
"Where ?" The detective was not deaf to the note of alarm in her voice, but the matter must be broached some time, and why not now?
"At the Central Hotel, about an hour ago," he said.
"Was my father with him ?" "Yes.

The Earl has also had the pleasure of a few minutes' talk with Mr.Curtis." Hermione was open-eyed with surprise.
"Mr.Curtis has not said a word of this to me," she cried, and her louder tone traveled across the room.
"Said a word about what ?" inquired Curtis, being not unwilling to break in on the conversation, which he thought had lasted quite long enough.
"That my father and Count Vassilan had met you at your hotel." "No, not Count Vassilan," explained the detective.

"He had gone before Mr.Curtis came, but Lord Valletort returned." "Did he ask you where I was ?" demanded the girl breathlessly, addressing Curtis.
"No.

He tried to have me arrested, and failed.