Connery brought the paper nearer to the light of the window, running his finger down it till he found the note he wanted. "When I asked this afternoon where you came from in Asia, Mr. Eaton, you answered me something like this: You said you could give me no address abroad; you had been traveling most of the time; you could not be placed by inquiring at any city or hotel; you came to Seattle by the Asiatic steamer and took this train. That was your reply, was it not?" "Yes," Eaton answered. "The 'Asiatic steamer'--the _Tamba Maru_ that was, Mr. Eaton." Eaton looked up quickly and was about to speak; but from Connery his gaze shifted swiftly to the Englishman, and checking himself, he said nothing. "Mr. Standish,"--Connery faced the Englishman,--"you came from Yokohama to Seattle on the _Tamba Maru_, didn't you?" "I did, yes." "Do you remember this Mr. Eaton among the passengers?" "No." "Do you know he was not among the passengers?" "Yes, I do." "How do you know?" The Englishman took a folded paper from his pocket, opened it and handed it to the conductor. Connery, taking it, held it out to Eaton. "Here, Mr. Eaton," he said, "is the printed passenger-list of the people aboard the _Tamba Maru_ prepared after leaving Yokohama for distribution among the passengers. It's unquestionably correct. Will you point out your name on it?" Eaton made no move to take the paper; and after holding it long enough to give him full opportunity, Connery handed it back to the Englishman. "That's all, Mr. Standish," he said. Eaton sat silent as the Englishman, after staring curiously around at them with his bulging, interested eyes, left the washroom. "Now, Mr. Eaton," Connery said, as the sound of Standish's steps became inaudible, "either you were not on the _Tamba Maru_ or you were on it under some other name than Eaton. Which was it?" "I never said I was on the _Tamba Maru_," Eaton returned steadily. "I said I came from Asia by steamer. You yourself supplied the name _Tamba Maru_." "In case of questioning like that, Mr. Eaton, it makes no difference whether you said it or I supplied it in your hearing. If you didn't correct me, it was because you wanted me to get a wrong impression about you. You can take notice that the only definite fact about you put down on this paper has proved to be incorrect. You weren't on the _Tamba Maru_, were you?" "No, I was not." "Why didn't you say so while Mr. Standish was here?" "I didn't know how far you had taken him into your confidence in this matter." "You did come from Asia, though, as your railroad ticket seemed to show?" "Yes." "From where?" Eaton did not answer. "From Yokohama?" "The last port we stopped at before sailing for Seattle was Yokohama--yes." Connery reflected. "You had been in Seattle, then, at least five days; for the last steamer you could have come on docked five days before the _Tamba Maru_." "You assume that; I do not tell you so."