"No, I was the only child of my parents."
"Singular! I was struck with a likeness, that is to say, not exactly a likeness--on the contrary, you have not a feature like the person I am referring to."
Herr Willmann softly shook his head, in token that these dark words were unintelligible to him, while Hagenbach continued: "Can you tell me whether you have a relative who has been in Africa, in Egypt, in the Sahara or in some part of a desert in those parts?"
Herr Willmann's full cheeks lost something of their rosy tint, and he fumbled in an embarrassed way with his gold watch-chain as he answered: "Yes--a cousin."
"Was he a missionary?"
"Yes, Doctor."
"And then he died of fever?"
"Yes, Doctor."
"Was his name Engelbert?"
"Yes----"