Then he saw your picture, and was immediately reminded of the remarkable resemblance between you and Christie Maclaire.

Evidently this discovery fitted into his plan, and made it possible for him to proceed.

He has been trying ever since to get an interview with the woman, to sound her, and find out what he can do with her.

He has written letters, sufficiently explicit to make it clear his scheme is based upon a will drawn, as he claims, by Christie's grandfather.

No doubt by this time he has fully convinced the girl that she is the rightful heiress to property--as he stated to Scott--valued at over a million dollars.
That's a stake worth fighting for, and these two will make a hard combination.