“No.”
“From whom, then?”
“From an Englishman, called Lord Wilmore, who takes the name of Sinbad the Sailor.”
“And of whom you have no more knowledge than I of the Abbé Busoni?”
“You are mistaken; there I am ahead of you.”
“You have seen him, then?”
“Yes, once.”
“Where?”
“Ah, that is just what I cannot tell you; if I did, I should make you as wise as myself, which it is not my intention to do.”
“And what did the letter contain?”