"The girl you are engaged to! Is she alive?"
"Of course she is," said Hersham, half angry, half amused, "why should she be dead. Do you know her? Have you seen her? Why do you ask?"
"I shall tell you that later on," answered Fanks, "but tell me. Is the name of that girl Emma Calvert?"
"I never heard of Emma Calvert," retorted Hersham, crossly, "the name of that young lady is Anne Colmer."
"Of Taxton-on-Thames?"
"Yes! Of Taxton-on-Thames."
[CHAPTER XIII].
THE TATTOOED CROSS.
Fanks was prepared for most surprises, and, from experience, he was capable, of controlling his emotions thoroughly. In this instance, however, he was so overwhelmed by the unexpectedness of the discovery that it was some time before he could arrange his thoughts and plan of action. The coincidence of the tattooed cross was extraordinary, but the resemblance of the portraits was still more so. Before he could comment on the fact Hersham asked an abrupt question.
"Why do you speak of these things?" he said anxiously, "and what do you know about Miss Colmer?"