There's no doubt he was leaning out to see what the
disturbance was about when the accident occurred."
"Did you actually see him fall?" asked Harley.
"No. He fell from a window several yards behind me in the side
street, but I heard him cry out, and as I was lugged off by the
police I heard the bell of the ambulance which came to fetch
him."
He paused again and stood rubbing his head ruefully.
"H'm," said Harley; "was there anything particularly remarkable
about this man in the Lyons' cafe?"
Bampton reflected silently for some moments, and then:
"Nothing much," he confessed. "He was evidently a gentleman,
wore a blue top-coat, a dark tweed suit, and what looked like a
regimental tie, but I didn't see much of the colours. He was
very tanned, as I have said, even to the backs of his hands--and
oh, yes! there was one point: He had a gold-covered tooth."
"Which tooth?"
"I can't remember, except that it was on the left side, and I
always noticed it when he smiled."
"Did he wear any ring or pin which you would recognize?"
"No."
"Had he any oddity of speech or voice?"
"No. Just a heavy, drawling manner. He spoke like thousands of
other cultured Englishmen. But wait a minute--yes! There was
one other point.
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