Apparently not, for straightway the solemn-faced little boy before her flushed scarlet.
"I—I'm afraid you have been making a mistake," began Philip desperately. "I'm not Tommy Smith at all."
Lady Broadhurst looked puzzled.
"Not Tommy Smith? But you wrote me that letter, surely?"
"Yes, I wrote it," admitted Philip in a low voice.
"Then where is the mistake? You are not the baby, are you?"
"No, I'm not the baby either," said Philip miserably.
"But your father—"
"I haven't got any father—or mother, I'm afraid," said Philip, feeling more guilty than ever.
The lady paused, and contemplated him with quickened interest.