Apparently he found me satisfactory.

The smile which had been lurking about the corners of his mouth broadened to a grin, and I commenced wondering uncomfortably what there was funny about my appearance.

Then suddenly he leaned forward and began talking in a quick, eager way, that required all my attention to keep abreast of him.

After a short preamble in which he set forth his view of the Patterson-Pratt case--and a clearsighted view it was--he commenced asking questions.

They were such amazingly impudent questions that they nearly took my breath away.