“Yes.”
“And that Mr. Lonsdale, your guardian and affianced husband, has in some way deceived you?”
“Mr. Lonsdale was my guardian. I am now of age.”
“But you have not answered my question.”
“Well, I had rather believe that if I have been deceived about my father’s death, he has been deceived also.”
“Why not wait, then, till he arrives in New York before making this investigation?”
“No. I greatly desire that it be made before he arrives.”
“And if you find that the man you saw last week is not your father, you do not want Mr. Lonsdale to know that the investigation was made?”
“I should prefer it so.”
“She knows more than she is willing to tell me,” thought Nick.