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first, that you had just come from Java on the same steamer with the emissaries of the Soesoehoenan; and this I found to be correct. Your embarking and disembarking have been vouched for to me by cable and telegram through the steamer agents both at Batavia and San Francisco. Your second statement was that you were an American gentleman who had been living in Java, presumably engaged in business there, for the last six years. Third, you stated you could not then leave any address with me, as you intended to take an afternoon train that day for New York. However, Mr. Annis, you did not take that train."
"That is true," said Annis. "I changed my plans."
Hereford again gave Annis a long and steady look.
