“Sir, would Parker’s family speak of it as you do?”
“His family! Had he then relations?”
“Yes—and that is why Pym changed his name in the narrative. Parker’s name was not Parker—it was—”
“Arthur Pym was right,” I said, interrupting him quickly, “and as for me, I do not wish to know Parker’s real name. Keep this secret.”
“No, I will tell it to you. It weighs too heavily on me, and I shall be relieved, perhaps, when I have told you, Mr. Jeorling.”
“No, Dirk Peters, no!”
“His name was Holt—Ned Holt.”
“Holt!” I exclaimed, “the same name as our sailing-master’s.”
“Who is his own brother, sir.”
“Martin Holt?”