"Did you have any baggage or checks for baggage?"
"No. All I had was the money and this clothing I stand in. Of course, since then I have bought necessities."
Both were silent for a long time and finally the stranger--Doane--arose and began pacing nervously again.
"That a tailor-made suit?" asked the scientist.
"Yes," said Doane, quickly. "I know what you mean. Tailor-made garments have linen strips sewed inside the pockets on which are the names of the manufacturers and the name of the man for whom the clothes were made, together with the date. I looked for those. They had been removed, cut out."
"Ah!" exclaimed The Thinking Machine suddenly. "No laundry marks on your linen either, I suppose?"
"No. It was all perfectly new."
"Name of the maker on it?"
"No. That had been cut out, too."
Doane was pacing back and forth across the reception room; the scientist lay back in his chair.