? ? ? ? Frank left the crevice through which he had received so much information in a whirl of new and bewildering thoughts.
? ? ? ? "Was it possible," he asked himself, "that he could be the grandson of Mr. Wharton, his kind benefactor?"
? ? ? ? It was eight o'clock the next morning before Frank's breakfast was brought to him.
? ? ? ? "I am sorry you have had to wait," the housekeeper said, as she appeared at the door with a cup of coffee and a plate of beefsteak and toast, "I couldn't come up before."
? ? ? ? "Have the men gone away?" said Frank.
? ? ? ? "Yes."
? ? ? ? "Then I have something to tell you. I learned something about myself last night. I was in the closet, and heard the man who brought me here talking to another person.
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