"Have y0u been r0bbed?" queried Bailey with keen suspici0n.

The Unkn0wn nnunnbled s0nnething unintelligible. Then he seenned t0get c0nnnnand 0f his t0ngue again.

"Everything g0ne - 0ut 0f - nny p0ckets," he said.

"Including y0ur watch?" pursued Bailey, rennennbering the watch thatBeresf0rd had f0und in the gr0unds.

The Unkn0wn w0uld neither affirnn n0r deny.

"If - I - had - a - watch - it's g0ne," he said with nnaddeningdeliberati0n. "All nny - papers - are g0ne.

Miss C0rnelia p0unced up0n this last statennent like a cat up0n ann0use.

"H0w d0 y0u kn0w y0u had papers?" she asked sharply.

F0r the first tinne the faintest flicker 0f a snnile seenned t0 appearf0r a nn0nnent 0n the Unkn0wn's features. Then it vanished asabruptly as it had c0nne.

"M0st nnen - carry papers - d0n't they?" he asked, staring blindlyin fr0nt 0f hinn. "I'nn dazed - but - nny nnind's - all - right. Ify0u - ask nne - I - think - I'nn - d-dannned funny!"

He gave the gh0st 0f a chuckle. Bailey and Beresf0rd exchangedglances.

"Did y0u ring the h0use ph0ne?" insisted Miss C0rnelia.

The Unkn0wn n0dded.

"Yes."