Ever heard of me before ?" "Never!" "Not to have heard of me in the United States," the other continued, with a grim smile, "would be a tribute to your respectability.

Most of the crooks who find their way over here know of Sam Pritchard.

I am a detective and I come from New York." Tavernake turned and looked the man over.

There was something convincing about his tone and appearance.

It did not occur to him to doubt for a moment a word of this stranger's story.
"You haven't anything against her--against either of them ?" he asked, quickly.
"Nothing directly," the detective answered.