"Have I not said that I am trying to find out?"
"You've got a difficult task before you. No one has heard of him since the night of the wreck."
"No one has heard of him by the name Marville, of course. He would not be likely to adhere to a name that would suggest reminiscences of the felon from Valàgenêt. He perhaps resumed his old family name."
"His old family name," repeated Ivar. "What is your reason for supposing that Marville was not his true name?"
"Because it does not appear among the list of names in the peerage."
"The peerage?"
"Do you not know that Marville claimed to be a peer of the realm?"
The viscount smiled, but it was obvious that he was ill at ease.
"Felon in Brittany; peer in Britain. A likely story that! Odd that the detectives and journalists did not discover the fact at the time of his trial."
"It is odd, as you say, Ivar. He certainly kept his secret well. I do not think he revealed it even to his wife."