"I think I have heard somewhere that the Major's only sister married a man named Counts."
She drew in her breath sharply.
"Yes, of course—her first husband."
"You were a daughter then of her first marriage?"
"Of course."
"But assumed the name of Carson when she married again?"
"That was when you met me."
"The change was natural enough," he went on.
"But why did you also become Vera in place of Sarah?"
"Oh, is that it? Well, never attempt to account for the vagaries of a girl," she returned lightly, as though dismissing the subject. "I presume I took a fancy to the prettier name. But how did you know?"