"Ormerod."
There was a start of recovered consciousness.
"Ormerod—that's strange!"
The exclamation seemed to escape inadvertently.
"Why strange?"
Hugh Ritson did not answer immediately.
"Her Christian name?"
"Grace."
"Grace Ormerod? Why, you must know that Grace Ormerod happened to be my own mother's maiden name!"
"You seem to recognize the portrait."