"Didn't he? I never heard him say. He wasn't in the habit of saying much to anybody, not even to me."
"You were fond of him?"
"Loved him. He wasn't what you would call a lovable character, but I loved him, and he liked me. You see, him and me were born in the same neighborhood, five miles out of Worcester; and when he came back from India he came down there to see an old friend, since dead, and I happened to be there at the time out of a job. That's how we came together fifteen years ago."
"You didn't go at once to Norbiton?"
"Not until three years afterward."
"Where were you during those three years?"
"In several places, part of the time in Switzerland, and in Germany."
"Now about this treasure, Mr. Sims?"
"Bless you, sir, I don't believe in it."
"The will very distinctly mentions it."