"What part?"
"About your sister, who was stolen in infancy."
"It is true," said Al, "that my sister was stolen."
"Ah!" interrupted the young lady, with an appearance of agitation that the boy could not understand.
"But the facts were so twisted and distorted that the story is very different from the truth."
"What is the truth?"
"Believe me," said Miss March, "I do not ask from mere idle curiosity. I have a most important reason for putting the question. Will you not tell me the story?"
Her agitation communicated itself to her companion; the boy's voice trembled slightly as he replied:
"Certainly, Miss March; for I feel that you have some strong motive for desiring to hear it."