“That’s just what I do mean, in plain English.”

“But it seems impossible, situated as he is.”

“With a hangel to take care of him? It do.”

“He never seemed to me to be a man who would care for such things.”

“More he would if he wasn’t led on to it. It is his doing—him, I mean!”

“My cousin?”

“That’s him; and I’m beginning to think you ought to do something as soon as you’re well enough. Speak up, and say who you are and why you’re here.”

“They’d call me an impostor, Jerry.”

“What, when you’ve got me for a witness? Not they, sir; I can prove anything. You ought to do something. You ought indeed.”

“Must get well first, Jerry.”