"
"I had not thought of that," replied Mona, with a troubled look, "and,"
she added, "she could not even identify me to your satisfaction, for she
never saw me to know me as Mona Montague."
"_As Mona Montague!_" repeated the quick-witted lawyer; "does she know
you by any other name? Are you not keeping something back which it would
be well for me to know?"
"Yes; I will tell you all about it," Mona said, flushing again, and
resolving to disclose everything. She proceeded to relate the singular
circumstances which led to her becoming an inmate of Mrs. Montague's
home, together with the incident of finding her mother's picture in one
of her trunks.
"Ah! I think this throws a little light upon the matter," Mr. Corbin
said, when she concluded. "If you had told me these facts at first we
should have saved time. And you never saw this woman until you met her in
her own house?" he asked, in conclusion, and regarding Mona searchingly.
"No, never; and had it not been for the hope of learning something
about my mother's history, I believe I should have gone away again
immediately," she replied.
"I should suppose she would have recognized you at once, by your
resemblance to this picture," remarked her companion.
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