"THE CONTENTS OF THE PAPER PUZZLED HIM."
I wired back naming an early hour on the following day for my visit to Dover, and then tried to put these anxious circumstances out of my head.
I had just breakfasted on the following day and was preparing to start on my journey, when my servant brought me a card. I took it up and read the name with amazement: Edward Mainwaring.
"Where is the gentleman?" I asked of the servant.
"I have shown him into the consulting room, sir."
"Did not you say that I was just going out?"
"Yes," replied the man, "but he said he was sure when you saw his card that you would see him at once."
"What aged person is he?" I asked.
"Middle-aged, I should say, sir. He is a tall gentleman, with a slight stoop. When he looked at me he put on his pince-nez."