"You don't mean----" he said, as a sudden suspicion of the truth dawned upon his mind.
"Yes," said Mr.Morton deliberately, "I do mean that the lawyer who defrauded my father lives in this village.

You know him well as Squire Haynes." "I can hardly believe it," said Frank, unable to conceal his astonishment.

"Do you think he knows who you are ?" "I think he has noticed my resemblance to my father.

If I had not assumed a different name he would have been sure to detect me.

This would have interfered with my plans, as he undoubtedly knew the whereabouts of his old clerk, and would have arranged to remove him, so as to delay his discovery, perhaps indefinitely.