"You are as insulting as ever, Jack," sneered the medical man. "I came here, hoping to find you of a different turn of mind."
"I shall never change my mind regarding you, Dr. Mackey," was our hero's ready reply.
"Come outside, I would like to talk to you in private."
The surgeon spoke in a whisper, and feeling there would be no harm in listening to what he might have to say, Jack followed him into the open.
"I want to know what you intend to do about coming with me, Jack," said the medical man, when they were out of hearing distance of the others.
"I don't intend to go with you, Dr. Mackey."
"You are hard on your father."
"Once and for the last time, let me say that I do not acknowledge you as my father."
"Nevertheless, I am your parent, and will soon be in a position to prove my claim."
"And when that time comes I may be in a position to prove you an impostor, Dr. Mackey."