Was it possible for me to be mistaken?
What, I asked, was the merchant's name?
_Thetford._ This was a confirmation of my first conjecture.

I recollected the extraordinary means by which I had gained access to the house and bedchamber of this gentleman.

I recalled the person and appearance of the youth by whose artifices I had been entangled in the snare.

These artifices implied some domestic or confidential connection between Thetford and my guide.

Wallace was a member of the family.