I will wait outside." "Don't do anything of the kind," I returned in the same language.

"Come in and let me introduce you to Miss Kitwater, who has just arrived from England." "Miss Kitwater ?" he repeated, in some surprise.

"Surely I understood you to say that your client, the gentleman who had lost his sight through Hayle's treachery, was Monsieur Kitwater ?" "That is quite right, and this lady is his niece," I returned.

"She has brought me extraordinary intelligence.

Her uncle and his companion have suddenly disappeared from the little village in Surrey, where they have been staying some time with her.