"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I see that you intend to follow me up and persecute me about this preposterous claim. I don't choose to be troubled."
"If I am an impostor, you can prove me to be so."
"I don't choose to waste my time in doing it."
"Mr. Grey," said Gilbert, "I might as well tell you that I am determined in this matter. I know that you have an object in keeping me out of my rights; but I am bound to have them. I shall place the matter in the hands of a lawyer, and he can soon find out, by advertising, where you live, even if you try to keep it secret from me."
James Grey realized the truth of this, and he changed his tack.
"You say that you have a paper, signed by Jacob Morton, attesting your identity."
"Not only signed, but written by him."
"I should like to see that paper. Have you got it with you?"