"Yes," said Scarsdale, who remembered with joy having seen that fact chronicled in a London paper.
"I suppose you have never been in Winchester before?"
"Never in my life."
"Not last week?"
"Look here!" said Scarsdale angrily, "what the devil are you driving at?"
"It is a pity you should have such a good memory for past and not for recent events," said the quiet little man, "a great pity."
"I tell you I have never been here!"
"Didn't dine at the Lion's Head last Wednesday, for instance?"
"No, I did not, and I've had enough of this insolence!"
"So have I," said the little man, blowing a little whistle. "So have I, and therefore I arrest you, Richard Allingford, in the Queen's name."