“And you have spoken of a rather striking resemblance between your mistress and Isabel.”
“It was striking, sir, all but the profile.”
“Did it ever strike you that there was also a faint resemblance between Miss Mercedes and the man she called her cousin—Ramon Orizaba?”
“Quite so; her mother used to speak of it often.”
“Well, now, did that resemblance extend to Orizaba and Isabel?”
“Yes, sir; decidedly. There was quite general comment about it among the servants.”
“What was your own opinion about it?”
“Why, I thought it rather noticeable. I once told Isabel that she might readily pass for Mr. Orizaba’s sister.”
“What reply did she make?”
“She laughed and said that she was one of those persons who resembled almost everybody or anybody.”