“I did not say that,” replied Miss Sawyer. “His brother was here.”
“His brother?”
“Yes. He was the very picture of Mr. Gordon—except that he was not pale, from staying indoors, like the patient. In everything else they were so much alike that you knew they were twins.”
“Oh, you knew it.”
“Yes. You could tell it from their remarkable resemblance to each other. Besides, the other Mr. Gordon said they were twins.”
“Had you ever seen the visiting brother before?”
“No.”
“He had never paid a visit to the patient till to-day? Did he explain why that was?”
“Yes. He said he had been away from New York for a long time—in the West. He had heard of his brother being sick, and had come to the hospital as soon as he arrived in the city.”