"Are you coming with me, Jasper?" said Leroy heartily. "I'm afraid I've taken up a lot of your time to-night."
"My dear Adrien, does not my whole life belong to you?" replied the arch-hypocrite.
Adrien waved the suggestion aside.
"By the way, what is the time?" he said, feeling for his watch.
"I don't know," answered his friend, "mine has stopped."
"Well, mine has gone," said Leroy quietly. "I remember now; it was in that affair in the park."
"What?" exclaimed Jasper, in tones of the deepest sympathy. "Not that valuable repeater, surely?"
"Yes," said Adrien. "I must get another one."
Jasper smiled, as his fingers touched furtively the watch and chain in question.
"Did you find your papers?" inquired Adrien, as they rolled through the streets. "Jackson told me you lost them coming out of the theatre one night."