"He acknowledged that he was not Parkington; that he——"
"I told you, specifically, not to mention the letter to him!" said the Governor.
"And I obeyed you," she answered. "Not until he had, voluntarily and of his own free will, confessed, did I refer to the letter."
The Governor beat a tattoo on the table with his finger-tips.
"Who does he say he is?" he asked, presently.
She told him.
"Huh! Doncaster's son, is he! How does he explain the letters, and the impersonation?"
She told him.
When she had finished, he sat silent, pulling at his chin.
"Do you think him serious in his love-making?" he asked.