Have you never met any one of my name before ?" "Bless me, no.

Why should I ?" "I had a namesake once who came to London, and I wondered if you possibly knew him." "My dear sir, I don't know quite all the young men who have come to London during the last twenty years.

What makes you think it ?" "My namesake was a brother--son of my father's first wife.

He left home and disappeared.

Rumour says he went to London, where he was last heard of in company of a companion named Fastnet." Mr Fastnet put down his glass.
"Eh ?" said he.