"The fact is, the gentleman whom I want to find, and whom I know is or was staying here, is using another name which I have not heard.

You know who I am ?" "Certainly, Captain Rotherby!" the man replied.

"You are Lord Welmington's brother." "You will understand, then," I said, "that if I ask questions which seem to you impertinent, I do so because the matter is important, and not from any idle curiosity." "Quite so, sir," the man answered.

"I shall be pleased to tell you anything I can." "This gentleman of whom I am in search, then," I answered, "he would have arrived probably last Wednesday evening from the Continent.

I do not know what name he would give, but it would probably not be the name of Delora.