see him as that well-dressed gentlemanly young man; and, raising my eyes
from the paper, there he stood before me. He had scarcely changed at all
since I last saw him, except that he had grown better looking, and seemed
more cheerful. He nodded to me as though we had parted the day before,
and ordered a chop and a small hock. I spread a fresh serviette for him,
and asked him if he cared to see the paper.

"'Anything interesting in it, Henry?' says he.

"'Rather a daring robbery committed on the Westminster Bank yesterday,' I
answers.

"'Oh, ah! I did see something about that,' says he.

"'The thief was described as a well-dressed young man of gentlemanly
appearance, wearing a black beard and moustache,' says I.

"He laughs pleasantly.

"'That will make it awkward for nice young men with black beards and
moustaches,' says he.

"'Yes,' I says. 'Fortunately for you and me, we're clean shaved.'

"I felt as certain he was the man as though I'd seen him do it.

"He gives me a sharp glance, but I was busy with the cruets, and he had
to make what he chose out of it.

"'Yes,' he replies, 'as you say, it was a daring robbery. But the man