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"The further points, that he is middle-aged, that his hair is

grizzled, that it has been recently cut, and that he uses

lime-cream, are all to be gathered from a close examination of

the lower part of the lining. The lens discloses a large number

of hair-ends, clean cut by the scissors of the barber. They all

appear to be adhesive, and there is a distinct odour of

lime-cream. This dust, you will observe, is not the gritty, grey

dust of the street but the fluffy brown dust of the house,

showing that it has been hung up indoors most of the time, while

the marks of moisture upon the inside are proof positive that the

wearer perspired very freely, and could therefore, hardly be in

the best of training."

"But his wife-you said that she had ceased to love him."