"What do you mean by saying that you must go?"
"Well, I don't know. It's something in the blood. It's heredity, I suppose. My father was a vagabond before me——"
"Did he also go on the tramp?"
"Well, he was always moving on. He was an actor—of sorts. Some of them still remember him over here, though he went to America five and twenty years ago."
"Do I remember him? Was his name Woodroffe?"
"His stage name was Anthony—John Anthony. His real name was Woodroffe."
"Anthony!" The doctor sat up. "Anthony? I have heard that name. Oh yes; I remember. Anthony! Strange! Only the other day——" he broke off.
"Did you hear that name coupled with any—creditable incident?"
"No—no, not very; it was in connection with a—a former wife.... How old are you, Dick?"