He Refuses to state his business,” Miss Walsh said. “He's the weirdest looking old fellow you ever saw, Mr. Hazeltine. He has green glasses, and a white beard, braided at the end with matches stuck in it. He says his name's Pompernickle. But he doesn't look crazy. And there's something awfully curious about his voice.”
Gillian Hazeltine looked inquiringly at his brisk and pretty private secretary as she hesitated.