"Certainly. The one is Emma Calvert who committed suicide in Paris. The other is Anne Colmer who is alive and engaged to me."
Fanks considered for a minute. "I now begin to see light," he said, in a sober tone. "Am I right in assuming that Emma is the sister of Anne?"
"You are perfectly right. She is the twin-sister."
"Ah! That accounts for the resemblance."
"It does," replied Hersham, with a nod, "the two sisters were so exactly alike that apart you could not tell one from the other--at least, so I have been told."
"Oh! Then you never saw the two sisters together?"
"I did not. I never saw Emma in my life."
"Of course you know her sad story," said Fanks, after a pause.
"Anne's mother told it to me. I know that Emma married Fellenger secretly, and was driven to her death by his brutality. Now, you can see why I reminded you of our friendship before telling you the truth."
"No!" said Fanks, sharply, "I can't see."