He knows no more about me than you do, saving that he met me two or three days sooner.

He met me in Heidelberg, it is true, but he made no inquiries whatever concerning me.

It never entered his head that I could be anything but what I professed to be." "I should think not, indeed," said the Duke warmly.
"But now that I am here in the flesh, these lawyers are making trouble.
One of them was here a little while since, and he wanted documentary evidence of my identity." "Who was the lawyer ?" "A Mr.Screw, one of the executors of the will." "Who is the other executor ?" asked the Duke quickly.
"Barker's father." The Englishman's face darkened, and he puffed savagely at his cigar.

He had been angry with Barker the day before.

Now he began to suspect him of making trouble.
"What sort of evidence did the man want ?" he asked at length.
"Any sort of documentary evidence would do.