But I do wish you could explain a few things to me.

Is your name really 'Homolupus' ?" The sufferer smiled and wrote on his pad: "My name is Watson Balfour." [Illustration: "My name is Watson Balfour."] "Of London ?" queried Cabot.
The man nodded.
"Is it possible that you can be Watson Balfour, the celebrated English electrician, who is supposed to have been lost at sea some years ago ?" Again the man smiled and made a sign of assent.
For a moment Cabot stared, well nigh speechless with the wonder and excitement of this discovery.

Then he broke into a torrent of exclamations and questions.
"Why, Mr.Balfour, I know you so well by reputation that you seem like an old friend.

Your 'Handbook of Electricity' and your 'Comparative Voltage' are text books at the Institute.

The whole scientific world mourned your supposed death.