Chapter 22: In the Wine Cellars of the Grand Babylon

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌⁠‘Do you know anything of the antecedents of this Jules,’ asked Theodore Racksole, helping himself to whisky.

‘Nothing whatever,’ said Babylon. ‘Until you told me, I don’t think I was aware that his true name was Thomas Jackson, though of course I knew that it was not Jules. I certainly was not aware that Miss Spencer was his wife, but I had long suspected that their relations were somewhat more int