His face was flushed and he breathed heavily.

Apparently he had been running, and for some distance.
"Didn't you see him ?" he inquired of his companions in some surprise.
"See who ?" asked Kitwater, with elevated eyebrows.

"Who do you think you saw ?" "A man," Hayle replied.

"I am ready to take my oath I saw him cross that narrow street back yonder." "Was it one of our own men do you think ?" said Codd, referring to the two Burmen they had brought with them.
"Not a bit of it," Hayle replied.

"I tell you, Kitwater, I am as sure as I am of anything that the man I saw was a Chinaman." "Gammon," said Kitwater.