"He is a _sin verguenza_." "Tell me, my friend," said Hillyard.
"Pontiana Tabor swears that Jose Medina was seen to enter the German Consulate before noon on August the 22nd.

But on August the 21st Medina was in Palma, Mallorca; he was seen there by a captain of the Islana Company, and a friend of mine spoke to him on the quay.

If, therefore, he was in the German Consulate here on the 22nd, he must have crossed that night by the steamer to Barcelona.

But he did not.

His name was not on the list of passengers, and although he might have avoided that, he was not seen on board or to come on board.