“You could, however, recognize it, and be able to verify your signature?”
“Certainly.”
“Was there, so far as you could see, any marked distinction made between the children while yet young?”
“I can remember that at the age of three or four the eldest boy wore a piece of red or blue ribbon on his sleeve; but any other mark I never observed. They were treated, so far as I could perceive, precisely alike; and their resemblance to each other was then so striking, it would have been a matter of great nicety to distinguish them. Even at school, I am told, mistakes constantly occurred, and one boy once received the punishment incurred by the other.”
“As they grew up, you came to recognize the eldest by his name?”
“Yes. Old Mr. Darcy Martin used to take the elder boy more about with him. He was then a child of ten or eleven years old. He was particular in calling attention to him, saying, 'This fellow is to be my heir; he 'll be the Martin of Cro' Martin yet'”
“And what name did the boy bear?”
“Godfrey,—Godfrey Martin. The second boy's name was Barry.”
“You are sure of this?”
“Quite sure. I have dined a number of times at the castle, when Godfrey was called in after dinner, and the other boy was generally in disgrace; and I could remark that his father spoke of him in a tone of irritation and bitterness, which he did not employ towards the other.”