At any rate it was a piece of good fortune for all parties concerned.
He proceeded to question Joe, desiring to learn all he could of the case.
“You say you had never seen the gentleman before?”
“Never.”
“Not in your wife’s album?”
“You mean that he might be one of her old beaux—no, not even there. He is a stranger to me.”
“But if you met him you would know him?”
“Well, rather.”
“Can you describe him to me?”
“I can do better—show you a picture of him just as he leaves my front door.” With that he held out a card, upon which was a round photograph, or rather picture, which Eric saw had been taken with a Kodak camera, just coming into general use at that time.