But it was Miss Sherwood who first spoke.
"Why, it's a portrait of Miss Cameron, in costume! And painted by Mr.
Hunt!" In amazement she turned first upon Larry and upon Hunt.

"When did you ever paint her portrait, when you did not meet Miss Cameron till you met her here?
And, Mr.Brainard, how do you come to possess Miss Cameron's portrait ?" It was Gavegan who spoke up promptly, and not either of the two suddenly discomfited men.

And Gavegan instantly sensed in the situation a chance to get even for the humiliation his self-esteem had just suffered.
"Miss Cameron nothing! Her real name is Maggie Carlisle, and she used to live at a dump of a pawnshop down on the East Side run by Brainard's grandmother.

Brainard knew her there, and so did Mr.Hunt." "But--but--" gasped Miss Sherwood--"she's been coming out here as Maggie Cameron!" "I tell you your Maggie Cameron is Maggie Carlisle!" said Gavegan gloatingly.

"I've known her for years.