The bag was set down, the servant went out, and the doctor came forward to kiss the Cardinal's ring.
"I want you just to examine Monsignor Masterman," said the Cardinal.

"And, doctor, please observe absolute silence afterwards.

Just say that you have found him a little run down." Monsignor made a movement to stand up, but the Cardinal restrained him.
"Do you remember this gentleman ?" he asked.
Monsignor stared blankly at the doctor.
"I have never seen him in my life," he said.
The doctor smiled, simply and frankly.
"Well, well, Monsignor," he said.
"It seems just a loss of memory," went on the Cardinal.

"Just tell the doctor how it happened." The invalid made an effort; he shut his eyes for an instant to recover himself; and then he related at length his first apparent consciousness in Hyde Park, and all that had followed.

Father Jervis put a question from time to time, which he answered quite rationally; and at the close the doctor, who was sitting opposite, watching every movement of his face, leaned back, smiling.
"Well, Monsignor," he said, "it seems to me that your memory is sufficiently good.