'That is what I propose immediately to learn.'
I chimed in.
'And I also.'
'Possibly,' suggested Foster, 'Howarth may be able to offer an explanation.'
I came in.
'Douglas! Don't tell me that Douglas mistook another chap for me. It's too thin.'
'We all mistook him.'
'All? Who's all? What did you know about it? I don't believe you know me now. You were a nice little boy when I saw you last, and I shouldn't have recognised you; that moustache does make a difference. I don't feel flattered. You seem to have been in a deuce of a hurry to take it for granted I was dead. Sorry to disappoint you, but do wait till I've had my innings.'
'Where have you been all these years?'
'What the deuce has that to do with you?'