"Ah, that’s a secret, doctor. But I believe you know the person to whom it belongs."
"Absurd! If I did, I should not have given it to you."
"It was well you did," said Nick, "or[Pg 31] we might never have been able to locate where this point came from."
"It makes very little difference one way or the other," said the doctor, who was now beginning to feel bored.
"Don’t you remember," said Nick, "that I said it was of Spanish make?"
"Well, what of that?"
"Had you not a Spanish visitor the day before yesterday?"
The doctor started.
"What do you mean?" he cried.
"I was thinking that perhaps he might have left it behind. And if you gave me his address, doctor, I would call upon him and offer to mend it."