he was not , as there were a good many New Orleans club men over at Klein 's .
He 's to meet me here , comingcomeup from Malvern , and I supposedsupposehe 'd already have arrived .
“ Well , then , supposingsupposethat ‘ C.C.H. ’ does stand for ‘ Charing Cross Hospital , ’ what further inferences may we draw ? ”
At first I had supposedsuppose" the dead man 's chest " to be that identical big box of his upstairs in the front room , and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with that of the one-legged seafaring man .