Perhaps the hotel proprietor knows who his friends are." "Would you be so kind as to step downstairs and inquire?
I do not wish to leave him, but his friends should be telegraphed to at once and asked to come and take charge of him." "Certainly.

And I'll send the telegram while I am down there." But Colwyn returned in a few moments to say that the hotel proprietor knew nothing of his guest.

He had never stayed in the house before, and he had booked his room by a trunk call from London.

On arrival he had filled in the registration paper in the name of James Ronald, but had left blank the spaces for his private and business addresses.

He looked such a gentleman that the proprietor had not ventured to draw his attention to the omissions.
"Another instance of how hotels neglect to comply with the requirements of the Defence of the Realm Act!" exclaimed Sir Henry.