"Indeed," he continued thoughtfully, "I do not see, Captain Rotherby, why my name should remain a secret to you." He drew a card from his pocket, and handed it to me.

I read it with ill-concealed curiosity.
MR.

ALFONSE LAMARTINE Brazilian Legation.
12, Porchester Square.
"You are a South American ?" I asked quickly.
"By birth," he answered.

"I have lived chiefly in Paris, and here in London." "You knew Mr.Delora at Brazil, then ?" I asked.
"I know the family quite well," he answered.

"They are very influential people.