"Yes, ma'am," he answered; "and you are Miss Vincent, the governess. I haven't forgotten you."
"I am Mrs. Harvey Middleton," she said haughtily.
"Excuse me, ma'am. I hadn't heard as you had changed your condition. You was the governess when I knowed you."
"You never knew me," she said, in the same haughty tone.
"Well, I knowed Mr. Harvey, at any rate."
"That is not to the purpose. Do you know why I have sought you out?"
"I couldn't guess, ma'am," said Rudolph, cunningly.
He could guess, but he wanted to force her to speak out.
"Where is the boy? Is he living?" she demanded, eagerly.