"I am capable of deciding my own affairs.

As I have told you I have never met Mr.Hawley, but I am not to be influenced against him merely by the denunciation of an avowed enemy.

He has written me of something he has discovered which is of deep personal interest to me, and has promised to tell me the details, as well as place within my hands certain necessary papers." "I appreciate your feelings," he said gently, as she paused, "but would you mind telling me the nature of those papers ?" There was something in Keith's face which told of honesty, and inspired confidence.

Miss Maclaire's worldly experience had given her deep insight into the character of men, and somehow, as she looked into the clear gray eyes, she felt impelled to answer, a vague doubt of the unknown Hawley in her mind.
"They--they were papers to establish identity.

He had discovered them by accident; they have to do with an inheritance.