He is rather tall, pale, thin, and of distinctly foreign appearance.

He has black eyes, black imperial, and looks like a South American, which, by the bye, I think he is.

Does that description help you to recognize him ?" "I think so, sir," the man answered.

"Do you happen to know whether, by any chance, he would be a friend of the Chinese ambassador ?" "I should think it very likely," I answered.

"He is staying here, then ?" "He was staying here until a few hours ago, sir," the man answered.
"He came in about ten o'clock and went at once to his rooms, sent for his bill, and left the hotel in a great hurry.