MET THIS GENTLEMAN BY CHANCE ON THE STREETS OF PARIS. BETWEEN THE EYEPATCH, THE PERFECTO JACKET, AND HIS GENERAL AIR OF MYSTERY, I HAD TO ASK FOR A PORTRAIT. HE KINDLY OBLIGED, THEN PROCEEDED TO GIVE ME A RATHER FASCINATING ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGINS OF MANKIND. SOMEHOW, IN ALL OF THIS, I FORGOT TO ASK HIS NAME. A REGRETTABLE OVERSIGHT.