"Yes."
"Have you seen him lately?"
"No."
"You have not seen him for a long time?"
"I have not seen him for twelve or thirteen years."
A weird suspicion flashed across the detective's mind, and he determined to have some further talk with the man in the rubber coat before he told him where old Tom Pearce resided.
"Is it Tom Pearce you want to see?"
"Yes."
"I will take you to where you can find him."
"To his house?"