but still unmistakably drawn and serious. Archer was alone in his office, and the young man, before accepting the seat he proffered, began abruptly: \"I believe I saw you, sir, yesterday in Boston.\"
The statement was insignificant enough, and Archer was about to frame an assent when his words were checked by something mysterious yet illuminating in his visitor's insistent gaze.
\"It is extraordinary, very extraordinary,\" M. Riviere continued,
but still unmistakably drawn and serious. Archer was alone in his office, and the young man, before accepting the seat he proffered, began abruptly: \"I believe I saw you, sir, yesterday in Boston.\"
The statement was insignificant enough, and Archer was about to frame an assent when his words were checked by something mysterious yet illuminating in his visitor's insistent gaze.
\"It is extraordinary, very extraordinary,\" M. Riviere continued,
