"A pleasant one, I trust," said the doctor.
"As much to the contrary as it is possible to imagine."
The doctor murmured a regret and waited for his huge visitor to continue.
"Do you," Monsieur Dupont inquired, "recollect the name of Winslowe?"
Doctor Lessing started slightly.
"Winslowe?"
"Oscar Winslowe."
A keen glance flashed from the doctor's eyes.
"Yes," he said quickly, "I recollect the name."
"He lived, I think in this village at the time I have said?"