"I don't know," I answered, lying like a gentleman. "Time enough to look that up later."
"I found out afterwards," she said, apparently somewhat encouraged, "that his first wife was a nurse maid in London."
"Yes," said I, "he told me so himself."
Just then there came a knock at my door and O'Toole appeared.
"How are you, Counsellor," he said with a grin. "You know Charley Nevers, well, av all the pious frauds! Say, Counsellor, ain't he the cute feller! What do you suppose, now? I got his record to-day. Cast yer eye over it."
I did. This is it:
No. 98
No. B 7721
The Central Office,
Bureau of Detectives,