“Wasn’t?”

“Not much!”

“By Jove!” exclaimed Frank. “The mystery deepens!”

“Did you mistake this person for the veiled woman I meant?”

“Sure thing.”

“And did not find another?”

“Not a sign of one. I do not believe there is another on the train.”

“Well, this is a mystery!” confessed Hodge. “I saw nothing of the one I meant when I went to look for you.”

“It must be you saw no one but that man in the first place.”

Bart shook his head, flushing somewhat.