"Didn't the man give you his name, then?"
"I didn't ask him for it."
"Why not?"
"He wouldn't have told me if I had."
"He wished to remain incognito?"
"He didn't give verbal expression to that effect in fact he had lost the power of speaking."
"Was he dumb, then?"
"Very much so."
"O, Godfrey, do be explicit, and speak so that we can understand."
"Truth to tell, the man was dead!"