When they first ran into the man he called himself and "The Mexican Seer, and " and he had seen Sir Charles Vandrift coming, that was certain. The Seer (he was known to the French authorities as Colonel Clay, and he was a renowned master of disguise) sought him on a trip to the Riveria. Clay set Sir Chrales up, and picked his pocket of a neat GBP5000 - and in the bargain left Sir Charles thinking it was all his own idea! In the morning, of course - when he discovered his pocket had been picked - Sir Charles set off to show the man a thing or two. He'd've done better to sigh and write off the loss, of course. But it wasn't in him to walk away from the villain; and Clay had seen that, too. By the time it was all said and done Cay would cost Sir Charles Vandrift a small fortune. . . .