"He told you this, did he?"
"Yes. I came across him in a little town about five hundred miles from Melbourne, and when I found out who he was I thought of you."
"But how do you explain the news of his death, the inquest, and the other things?"
"I'll come to that presently. It's easily explained. Oh, there's no doubt about it, Faversham. I have seen the real heir to all the wealth you thought your own."
"But what do you mean by saying that you stopped him from coming here?" and Dick's voice was husky.
"I'm going to tell you why I stopped him. I'm going to tell you how you can keep everything, enjoy everything. Yes, and how you can still marry the woman you are dreaming of."
"But if the real heir is alive—I—I can't," stammered Dick.
"I'm here to show you how you can," persisted Romanoff. "Did I not tell you that this was the hour of destiny?"