Allow me." He turned again to Mrs.Greyle.

"In plain words, ma'am, you are wondering if the present holder of the estates is really what he claims to be.

Plain English, eh ?" "I am!" answered Mrs.Greyle with a distinct ring of challenge and defiance.

"And now that it comes to the truth, I have wondered that ever since he came here.

There!" "Why, mother ?" asked Audrey, wonderingly.
"Because he doesn't possess a single Greyle characteristic," replied Mrs.
Greyle, readily enough, "I ought to know--I married Valentine Greyle, and I knew Stephen John, and I saw plenty of both, and something of their father, too, and a little of Marcus before he emigrated.