The stranger arched his eyebrows, and demanded:
"A telephone?"
"Yes."
"What makes you ask that question?"
"Because you yelled 'hello' in my ear."
"I've heard about telephones, but I never saw one."
"You never did?"
"No; what are they like?"
The question was asked seemingly in the most innocent manner, but the keen-witted Desmond's suspicions were at once aroused, and on the instant he made a curious discovery. The fellow was a make-up, under a disguise, and consequently under immediate suspicion also.
"So you never saw a telephone?"