You have already guessed the meaning of my return to the old places." "No." "What! Have you not heard of Mr.Dexter's decease ?" "Paul! is that so ?" Mrs.Denison was instantly excited.
"It is.

I had the information from a correspondent in London, who sent me a paper in which was a brief obituary.

He died nearly three months ago, of fever contracted in a hospital, where he had gone to visit the captain of one of his vessels, just arrived from the coast of Africa.

The notice speaks of him as an American gentleman of wealth and great respectability." "And the name is Leon Dexter ?" said Mrs.Denison.
"Yes.

There is no question as to the identity.