I didn't believe it.

I couldn't--her and a lover! But Mr.Tom said she had, and that he was livin' now right in this town.

And NOW I know, of course.

It's John Pendleton.

Hain't he got a mystery in his life?
Don't he shut himself up in that grand house alone, and never speak ter no one?
Didn't he act queer when he found out you was Miss Polly's niece?
And now hain't he owned up that you remind him of somethin' he wants ter forget?
Just as if ANYBODY couldn't see 'twas Miss Polly!--an' her sayin' she wouldn't send him no jelly, too.