human
You told me, said Lala Roy,
gpt
Yes; it is a very strange coincidence.
human
Very strange. Two Englishmen die in America at the same time, each having a daughter named Iris, and each daughter entitled to some kind of inheritance.
gpt
Oh! cried Arnold.
human
It is more than strange. Do you think--is it possible--
gpt
Do you know if any one has brought this girl to England?
human
Yes; she was brought over by a young American physician, one of the family who adopted and brought her up.
gpt
What is he like--the young American physician?
human
I have not seen him.
gpt
Go, my young friend, to-morrow morning, and ask your cousin if this photograph resembles the American physician.
human
Lala, you don't really suspect anything--you don't think--
gpt
Hush! I know who has stolen the papers. Perhaps the same man has produced the heiress.
human
And you think--you suspect that the man who stole the papers is connected with--But then those papers must be--oh, it cannot be! For then Iris would be Clara's cousin--Clara's cousin--and the other an impostor.
gpt
Even so; everything is possible. But silence. Do not speak a word, even to Iris. If the papers are lost, they are lost. Say nothing to her yet; but go--go, and find out if that photograph resembles the American physician. The river wanders here and there, but the sea swallows it at last.