"I 'ave h'important things to disclose," he said, mysteriously.
"Indeed."
"Yes, sar. Last night I dreamed."
"You've got nothing on me; so did I."
"I am walking on the h'edge of the h'ocean when I h'encountered a whale—a 'uge whale."
"Swam ashore to rest, I suppose?"
"No, sar; he was dead. It was very vivid."
"Well, what has a vivid dead whale to do with me?"
"This!" Allan brought forth a sheet of paper, which he unfolded carefully. "There is the number—the 'fish number,' sar."
"Why, this is a Chinese lottery advertisement."