"Not at all. It is the first time I have heard it."
"You surprise me. Lord Storndale is a peer."
"I know very few peers, and have had no occasion to study the peerage."
"But, pardon me, Storndale is the name; it may have escaped you."
"I repeat, the name is strange to me."
"I do not presume to doubt you, but it introduces a new element into the matter. Your daughter, then, has never mentioned the Honorable Percy Storndale to you?"
"Never; and I am at a loss to understand the association of their names."
The lawyer paused. In this unexpected turn of affairs a deviation suggested itself to his legal mind which would be likely to assist him.
"Mr. Cohen, you have the reputation of being an earnest and sincere Jew."
"I follow the precepts and the obligations of my faith," said Aaron, with a searching glance at his visitor.