Higgs, a clean-shaven and smart-looking young man, appeared with a bottle of Schweppes and a tumbler on a salver.
The cork popped and the sufferer drank.
"What o'clock did I come home?"
"After twelve, sir—pretty nigh one."
"Was there anyone with me?"
"No, sir."
"No old gentleman?"
"No, sir."
"Was Randall there?"