Do you know him ?" "I seem to have heard his name, though I cannot say where," he replied, surprised at the coolness with which she spoke.
"He is a farmer's son, I believe, and he was an interested party, though not the chief actor of the story.

The chief actor, I suppose I should say actress, was Martha Bennett.

You know her ?" Carthew stepped back as if he had received a sudden blow.

His face paled, and he gave a short gasp.
"I see you know her," she went on.

"She was a poor creature, I fancy, and her story is one that has often been told before.