"Looks like a foreigner, miss. Shall I show him in?"
"Yes," she said; and the visitor was announced almost immediately.
He started theatrically when he saw the girl. Sophy, annoyed by his manner, drew back.
"Captain Lestrange?" she queried coldly.
"Captain Lestrange," was the reply, "and your father."
[CHAPTER XII.]
A STRANGE STORY
Sophy neither screamed nor fainted at this extraordinary announcement; indeed, it appeared to her so very ridiculous that she felt more inclined to laugh. However, she controlled her feelings, and spoke very quietly--so quietly that the visitor was somewhat disconcerted.
"Why do you make this strange assertion?" she asked, looking again at his card.
"Because it is true."