Just then Percy Dixon, who came with a message from his father, appeared in the door. He opened his eyes wide in amazement when he saw Jed.
"Jed Gilman!" he exclaimed in astonishment.
"No, Master Percy," said Mrs. Fogson. "We have just learned that our dear Jed is Sir Robert Fenwick, of Fenwick Hall, England."
"Jehoshaphat!" cried Percy, astounded.
"Percy," said Jed, whose good fortune made him good-natured, "let me introduce you to my mother, Lady Fenwick. Mother, this is Master Percy Dixon."
"I am glad to meet any of your friends, Robert," said Lady Fenwick, really supposing that Jed and Percy were on intimate terms.
"Glad to know you—to make your acquaintance, Lady Fenwick," replied Percy. "Are you really and truly a lord, Jed?"
"No, not a lord, but a baronet. However, that needn't make any difference between friends like ourselves."
"No, of course not. You know I always liked you, Jed, I mean Sir Jed."