"I'm afraid not," said the young man pleasantly.
"Not either of your names?" pursued the Colonel hopefully.
"No."
"Then it must have been J."
"No."
"I mean T."
The young man nodded. Uppingdon took heart.
"Let me see. Tom — Thomson — Travers — Terrington—"
The other smiled.
"I'd better save you the trouble. Templar's the name — Simon Templar."