“Was he of good birth?”
“I should say so—but we don’t take much account of that in the Colonies, you know.”
“And Mrs. Loftus?”
“She was renowned for her philanthropy and charities. She had no children——”
“What! No children! She has a daughter—you saw her just now.”
“An adopted daughter,” he corrected.
“Impossible!”
“I assure you it is the case; there was no secret about it.”
“There is a secret about it now.”
“You seem interested in the family.”