"Yes."
"You saw him often between that and closing time? between that and half-past twelve?"
"Well, yes, I may say often. Three or four times anyway."
"And each time he was winding up the machinery?"
"Now and then."
"Hah! Only now and then."
"About as often as you yourself would, it seemed to me."
"And, tell me, did you see his face. Did he waste any of his precious time gaping out of the window into the bar?"
"He turned his head towards the window only once, while I was watching, and I saw him plain enough."
"What was he like? Very like me?"