He bowed without speaking, but looked very uncomfortable.
“You are a brother of Dr. Fendall, are you not?”
He burst into an awkward, self-conscious laugh.
“Why, yes, I am,” said he. “I am a brother of his. Do—do you know him?”
Audrey looked at him curiously, with a sudden suspicion.
“Then how is it,” she asked quickly, “that you haven’t the same name?”
CHAPTER VIII
Before Johnson could answer, Audrey heard Mr. Candover’s voice behind her, and turning, she received his answer for the strangely perturbed secretary.
“Mr. Johnson,” said he, “is only Dr. Fendall’s half-brother; that’s why they don’t bear the same surname.”
“I see.”