“I am willing to take my chance of it,” said the lawyer. “Didn’t you recognize the boy when you saw him?”
“What do you mean?”
“You saw him in the hotel at Buffalo. He recognized you, and had a conversation with your son.”
“Had a conversation with Clarence? That is a lie. Clarence never spoke to me about it.”
“You had better question him. But there is no need of sparring. I tell you confidently that Ernest Ray is alive, and demands the estate under his grandfather’s will, which you hold.”
“This is ridiculous. There is but one answer to such a proposal.”
“What is that?”
“I refuse absolutely to make any concession to an impostor.”
“That is your final answer?”
“It is.”