If there was any question as to his identity, full proof should have been required from the first.

But his autograph letter from Heidelberg, attested by a notary, had been accepted as sufficient; and "Screw and Scratch" had answered the letter, and Claudius had received their answer in Baden.

It had never entered his head that anything more would be required.

So long as Screw had confined himself to stating his position, merely asking for further evidence, the Doctor had nothing to say.

But at the suggestion that Claudius might want to draw money from the estate before his claims were fully established, he lost his temper.