However, the die was cast.

I ought to observe, that in one point we were not unlike--both had curly light hair and blue eyes; in other points there was no resemblance.

I was by far the better-looking chap of the two; and as we had been up the Mediterranean for two years, I had no fear of any doubt as to my identity until I arrived in England.
Well, Mr Simple, I dressed myself very carefully, put on my chains and rings, and a little perfume on my handkerchief, and accompanied the aide-de-camp to the governor's, where I was asked after my mother, Lady -- --, and my uncle, my guardian, and a hundred other questions.

At first I was much confused, which was attributed to bashfulness; and so it was, but not of the right sort.

But before the day was over, I had become so accustomed to be called 'my lord,' and to my situation, that I was quite at my ease, and began to watch the motions and behaviour of the company, that I might regulate my comportment by that of good society.