"Yes. He is with my uncle, who has also arrived."
"Well, he mustn’t see me. He might recognize me if we keep talking here."
"Recognize you?" said Rogers, when he had conducted Nick to his own bed chamber. "What do you mean, Mr. Carter? Does he know you?"
"I don’t think so; but, you know, doctors and detectives often meet under peculiar circumstances."
Rogers gave him a puzzled look.
He clearly did not understand Nick Carter’s ways.
And Nick clearly determined that he should not.
As they proceeded to another room, Nick asked:[Pg 18]
"When did you see the woman Alvarez last?"
"Mr. Carter!" cried Rogers, turning deathly pale, "where on earth did you learn anything about her?"