AT THE VERY MOMENT when Lupin left me, Holmlock Shears took out his watch and rose in his turn:
"Twenty to nine. At nine o'clock, I am to meet the count and countess at the railway station."
"Let's go!" cried Wilson, tossing off two glasses of whiskey in succession.
They went out.
"Wilson, don't turn your head... . We may be followed: if so, let us act as though we don't care whether we are or not... . Tell me, Wilson, what's your opinion: why was Lupin in that restaurant?"
Wilson, without hesitation, replied:
"To get some dinner."
"Wilson, the longer we work together, the more clearly I perceive the constant progress you are making. Upon my word, you're becoming amazing."
Wilson blushed with satisfaction in the dark; and Shears resumed:
"Yes, he went to get some dinner and then,
