“I would have a few words with you first,” replied Ashah.
The Abyssinian spoke in easy tones, but that did not set Cook at ease.
“Who are you?”
Ashah smiled at the question.
“Don’t you remember ever having seen me before?” he said.
“No.”
“Your name is Henry?”
“My name is Cook.”
“Just so; but I knew you as Henry.”
“I never went by that name.”