Volume Two—Chapter Twenty Two.
What Does He Want?
“Mr George Shenstone?” queries Captain Ryecroft, reading from the card. “George Shenstone!” he repeats with a look of blank astonishment—“What the deuce does it mean?”
“Does what mean?” asks the Major, catching the other’s surprise.
“Why, this gentleman being here. You see that?” He tosses the card across the table.
“Well; what of it?”
“Read the name!”
“Mr George Shenstone. Don’t know the man. Haven’t the most distant idea who he is. Have you?”