"I got it," said the driver, "from a blame fool at the coffee stall by Hyde Park Corner. Bought 'im a doorstep and a ball of chalk b'way of return."
"When was this?"
"Day before yesterday—six o'clock in the morning."
"And what was he like?"
The answer clinched it.
"Was he shaved?"
"No."
"Broke?"
"I reckon. Been sleepin' out by the looks of 'im."
"Seen him since?"