“There is Mr. Aylmore. Very good. Now we go on. You met Mr. Aylmore close to Waterloo Bridge? How close?”
“Well, sir, to be exact, Mr. Aylmore came down the steps from the bridge on to the Embankment.”
“Alone?”
“No.”
“Who was with him?”
“A man, sir.”
“Did you know the man?”
“No. But seeing who he was with. I took a good look at him. I haven’t forgotten his face.”
“You haven’t forgotten his face. Mr. Lyell—has anything recalled that face to you within this last day or two?”
“Yes, sir, indeed!”