Sit tight, sir, and watch.

I'm off.

You know where to find me." The young man raised his hat and left Hunterleys with the polite farewell of a stranger.

His seat was almost immediately seized by a small man dressed in brown, a man with a black imperial and moustache curled upwards.

As Hunterleys glanced towards him, he raised his Hamburg hat politely and smiled.
"Monsieur's friend has departed ?" he enquired.