"I say, O'Hanlon," he said, cheerfully, as he got back to the coffee-room, "you've won that sovereign, not I."
"Did you go?"
"Yes. I went and ordered the beer; but, I'm blowed, I was so much amused that I came away and left it undrunk."
"Amused! What in the name of all that is wonderful could amuse you at that wretched beer-shop?"
"I was only picking up some facts about your old friend, Mike Fahey."
"Well, has any one seen him?"
"I met three men, and they had all seen him."
"In the name of heaven, when?"
"Ten or twelve years ago."
"Oh!" groaned O'Hanlon. "And not since?"