“What! Oh, there must be an end to this. He claims to be George Harrington. I, George Harrington, say that he is a liar and impostor. Now, then, I am ready to confront him. Where is this man?”
There was a dead silence in the room.
Chapter Twenty Eight.
Mr Hampton is Uneasy.
Mr Hampton was the first to break the silence.
“Mr George Harrington is at present absent from home.”
“I beg your pardon,” was the retort, in firm, convincing tones; “Mr George Harrington is here present, and eager to be confronted with this man.”
“As soon as he returns, sir, you and he will doubtless meet; and, as a matter of course, I presume you will lay claim to the estate?”