'Then your name is not Vandercroft?' said Dr. Cruden.
'No.'
'Why, then, assume it?'
'I did not; Bloodworth bestowed it on me through a natural misconstruction of his, and I did not think it worth while to undeceive him.'
'Capital!' said the squire. 'I'll wager anything that you are not Jobson.'
The stranger smiled.
'Are you?' asked the squire eagerly.
'According to you and Biddy Sparks I am.'
'According to me! why, you told me it was so.'
'On the contrary, it was you told me.'