? ? ? ? "Why, Mr. Clayton," she cried, "what does this mean? Here are the names of some of your own people in these books."
? ? ? ? "And here," he replied gravely, "is the great ring of the house of Greystoke which has been lost since my uncle, John Clayton, the former Lord Greystoke, disappeared, presumably lost at sea."
? ? ? ? "But how do you account for these things being here, in this savage African jungle?" exclaimed the girl.
? ? ? ? "There is but one way to account for it, Miss Porter," said Clayton. "The late Lord Greystoke was not drowned. He died here in this cabin and this poor thing upon the floor is all that is mortal of him."
? ? ? ? "Then this must have been Lady Greystoke," said Jane reverently, indicating the poor mass of bones upon the bed.
? ? ? ? "The beautiful Lady Alice," replied Clayton, "of whose many virtues and remarkable personal charms I often have heard my mother and father speak.
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