She was once devoted to me." "You are--" "Yes.

Oh, there'll be no difficulty in my proving this relationship.
I have evidence upon evidence of the fact right in this room with me; evidence much more convincing and far less disputable than this surprising twin can bring forward if _her_ identity is questioned.
Georgian had a twin sister, but she was buried years ago.

I was never buried.

I simply did not return from a well-known and dangerous voyage.
The struggle I had for life--you cannot want the details now--has left its indelible impress in the scar which has turned me from a personable man into what some people might call a monstrosity.

And it is this scar which has kept me so long from home and country.