"I remember you perfectly, Mr.Elphinstone." "Aye!" he said with an amused smile.

"You're the lad that's had his finger in the pie pretty deep--you're well out of it, my man! Well--there I was, and a man sitting by me that knew everybody, and before ever the case was called this man pointed out Sir Gilbert Carstairs coming in and being given a seat on the bench.

And I knew that there was a fine to-do, and perhaps nobody but myself knowing of it, for the man pointed out to me was no Sir Gilbert Carstairs, nor any Carstairs at all--not he! But--I knew him!" "You knew him!" exclaimed Mr.Lindsey.

"Man!--that's the first direct bit of real illumination we've had! And--who is he, then, Mr.Elphinstone ?" "Take your time!" answered Mr.Elphinstone.

"We'll have to go back a bit: you'll put the police court out of your mind a while.