"
"Comment is really superfluous," remarked Burton. "He was
looking for Adderley."
"I agree," said Jennings.
"And," I added, "it was evidently after this episode that I had
the privilege of visiting that interesting establishment."
There was a short interval of silence; then:
"You probably retain no very clear impression of the shadow which
you saw," said Dr. Matheson, with great deliberation. "At the
time perhaps you had less occasion particularly to study it. But
are you satisfied that it was really caused by someone moving
behind the curtain?"
I considered his question for a few moments.
"I am not," I confessed. "Your story, Doctor, makes me wonder
whether it may not have been due to something else."
"What else can it have been due to?" exclaimed Jennings
contemptuously--"unless to the champagne?"
"I won't quote Shakespeare," said Dr. Matheson, smiling in his
odd way. "The famous lines, though appropriate, are somewhat
overworked. But I will quote Kipling: 'East is East, and West is
West.'"
II
THE LADY OF KATONG
Fully six months had elapsed, and on returning from Singapore I
had forgotten all about Adderley and the unsavoury stories
connected with his reputation.
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