"She did notice it, and questioned me quite closely; but I evaded her,
and she finally thought that the resemblance was only a coincidence."
"Well, I must confess that the affair is very much mixed--_very_ much
mixed," said the lawyer, with peculiar emphasis, "but I believe, now that
I know the whole story, that the truth can be ascertained if right
measures are used; _and_," he continued, impressively, "if we can prove
that you are what you assert, the only child of Richmond Montague and
Mona Forester, you will not only inherit the money left by Homer
Forester, but, being the child of the first union--provided we can prove
it legal--you could also claim the bulk of the property which your father
left. Mrs. Montague, if she should suspect our design, would, of course,
use all her arts to conceal the truth; but I imagine, by using a little
strategy, we may get at it. Yes, Miss Montague, if we can only work it up
it will be a beautiful case--a _beautiful_ case," he concluded, with
singular enthusiasm.
Mona gave utterance to a sigh of relief. She was more hopeful than ever
that the mystery, which had so troubled her, would be solved, and she
was very grateful to the kind-hearted lawyer for the deep interest he
manifested in the matter.
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