“Yes.”
“But there was always the chance that Lady Stableford might change her mind, and that Evangeline had no legal claim on her?”
“He might have done.”
“Didn’t he?”
“Yes, I think he did.”
“Now, you say he thought you were Evangeline’s aunt and not her mother?”
“Yes.”
“Then, was it that he wished to leave Evangeline in your charge in case he died under the operation, and before Evangeline came of age, that he had sent for you?”
“I suppose so.”
“And your story is that when he saw you he recognised you as his wife?”