"It was this way: Miss Varris and I, you remember, went down to the 'wireless' station directly after you started uptown. And, some time after we got there, the police got into communication with the Bahia. That Plymouth police chap, who had been dogging me, procured for us the place of honor inside. Well, then, when the Bahia answered, the chief inspector told the captain to rendezvous his mates and the purser into a marine court, which began taking depositions from Mr. Hareston and the steward, and the 'wireless' began bringing them ashore.
"And, when they had their system in perfect working order, they discovered that they desired a tall, tanned American in a dress suit, with dark hair and eyes and a wounded wrist. Now, as I was both tall and tanned enough to satisfy them, and had hurt my wrist only the same morning, as I told you on the train, they gathered me joyfully to them, and if Mrs. Varris, who is very well known in Polporru, had not been able to swear that I had not left
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