“Don’t waste your time,” interrupts Mr. Follingsbee quickly; “I have told you all that I am at liberty to tell.”
“As you please; but before I begin my story, I must be sure that it is the story. Yesterday, as I told you, I had an interview with my sister-in-law.”
“Yes.”
“I had observed some things that puzzled me, and—does that letter of Leslie’s contain any statements concerning her early life?” He breaks off abruptly.
“It does; many statements.”
“Do you know anything of her early history?”
“Yes.”
“Is she the daughter of Thomas Uliman?”
“His adopted daughter; yes.”
“And are her parents living?”