"Nothing more has been heard on that point." "Then--have you come purposely to see me about it ?" he asked.
"Not at all!" said I."I was passing along this street below, and I saw your name on the door, and I remembered it--and so I just came up." "Oh!" he said, looking at me rather blankly.

"You're staying in Dundee--taking a holiday ?" "I came to Dundee in a fashion I'd not like to follow on any other occasion!" said I."If a man hadn't lent me this suit of clothes and a sovereign, I'd have come ashore in my undergarments and without a penny." He stared at me more blankly than ever when I let this out on him, and suddenly he laughed.
"What riddle's all this ?" he asked.

"It sounds like a piece out of a story-book--one of those tales of adventure." "Aye, does it ?" said I."Only, in my case, Mr.Smeaton, fact's been a lot stranger than fiction! You've read all about this Berwick mystery in the newspapers ?" "Every word--seeing that I was mentioned," he answered.
"Then I'll give you the latest chapter," I continued.

"You'll know my name when you hear it--Hugh Moneylaws.

It was I discovered Phillips's dead body." I saw that he had been getting more and more interested as we talked--at the mention of my name his interest obviously increased.