A few feet away, the man whom he had come to visit was looking down upon him with an expression of grave concern in his kindly face.
"You are better, I trust, sir ?" Prince Maiyo said.
"I am better," Inspector Jacks muttered.

"I don't know--I can't imagine what happened to me." "You were not feeling quite well, perhaps, this morning," the Prince said soothingly.

"A little run down, no doubt.

Your profession--I gather from your card that you come from Scotland Yard--is an arduous one.
I came into the room and found you lying upon your back, gasping for breath." Inspector Jacks was making a swift recovery.

He noticed that the glass which the man-servant was holding was empty.