"It could not have been an accident, I suppose?" Mr. Huber suggested.
"I might have thought so," I answered, "if he had not immediately left the place. He disappeared so quickly that I did not even see him go."
"You sat by accident at the same table?" the sergeant asked.
"No, we came together," I answered. "We met at Charing Cross, and he spoke to me. He knew my name, and reminded me that we had once met at the 'Vagabonds' Club.'"
"Did you remember him?"
"I cannot say that I did," I answered.
"And afterwards?"
"We talked together for some time, and when we left the station he asked me to lunch here."
"Did he arrive by train, or was he meeting anyone at Charing Cross?" the sergeant asked.
"Neither, so far as I could see," I answered. "He seemed to be simply loitering. I ought to tell you, though, that we saw Major Delahaye and this young lady arrive by the Continental train, and he seemed to be interested in them."