CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW HECTOR SUCCEEDED IN SACRAMENTO.
Now that Hector had succeeded in the main object of his journey, he had time to think of his own affairs. It was most important for him to visit Sacramento and make inquiries into the matter that so nearly concerned him.
“I must find out,” he said to himself, “whether I am entitled to the name I bear, or whether I only received it by adoption.”
The second day after his discovery of Gregory Newman, he said to him:
“Gregory, business of importance calls me to Sacramento. Do you wish to go with me?”
“Does the business in any way relate to me?” asked Gregory.
“Not at all.”
“Then I prefer to remain in San Francisco.”
“Can I trust you not to fall back into your old ways?” asked Hector.