"Sir Charles and Laura Fenwick of Fenwick Hall, England."
Jane Gilman started to her feet in astonishment.
"Who told you?" she asked hoarsely.
"It is not necessary for me to tell you. It is enough that I am commissioned by the boy's mother to find him and restore him to her. There may be trouble in store for you, Miss Jane Gilman," he added significantly.
Jane Gilman fanned herself vigorously and seemed very ill at ease.
"However," continued the detective, "you can save yourself and secure a handsome reward by giving me all the help you can, and making full confession of your stealing the child, and telling who instigated you to do it."
The woman hesitated, but her hesitation was brief.
"Will you promise this?" she asked.
"Yes. I am the confidential agent of Lady Fenwick, who is now in America."