Miss Maria Holbrook, surprised at Jed's improved appearance, eyed him with suspicion.
"Where are you staying, Jedediah?" she inquired. "Have you a situation?"
"I am boarding at the Windsor Hotel, Miss Holbrook. I am in no situation."
"Then how can you afford to board at a first-class hotel?" asked the spinster in surprise.
"I am with my mother, Lady Fenwick. Allow me to hand you my card."
Jed placed in her hand a card on which was engraved the name:
Sir Robert Fenwick, Bart.
The story had already appeared in the daily papers of New York, but Miss Holbrook never suspected that the young English baronet was Chester's humble guardian.
"Are you Sir Robert Fenwick?" she ejaculated in amazement.
"I believe so," he answered with a smile. "Now, Miss Holbrook, I have a favor to ask. May I take Chester in and introduce him to my mother?"