"How many times have you seen him?"
"Four, altogether."
"Good patient? Healthy flesh and that sort of thing?"
"Splendid."
"Did he look you in the eyes?"
"Once, only once, the first time I visited the house."
Challis nodded. "My own experience, exactly. And did you return that look of his?"
"Not willingly. It was, I confess, not altogether a pleasant experience."
"Ah!"
Challis was silent for a few moments, and it was Walters who took up the interrogatory.