d me； “you have been seeing a friend off？” I assented。 He asked me what I supposed he had been doing。 I said that I had watched him doing the same thing。“No；” he said gravely。 “That lady was not a friend of mine。 I met her for the first time this morning； less than half an hour ago； here。” and again he struck the platform with his stick。
I confessed that I was bewildered。 He smiled。 “You may；” he said； “have heard of the Ang