He inquired of Mr.Harper if he had heard her say anything about the equally astounding fact of a returned brother, and when he found that this was mere jargon to Mr.Harper, he related what he knew of Hazen and left the lawyer to draw his own inferences.
The result was some show of embarrassment on the part of Mr.Harper.

It was evident that in her consultations with him she had entirely left out all allusion to this brother.

Either the man had advanced a false claim or else she was in an irresponsible condition of mind which made her see a sister where there was a brother.
Ransom made some remark indicative of his appreciation of the dilemma in which they found themselves, but was quickly silenced by the other's emphatic assertion: "I have seen the girl; she was with Mrs.Ransom the day she came here.
She sat in the adjoining room while we talked over her case in this one." "You saw her--saw her face ?" "No, not her face; she was too heavily veiled for that.

Mrs.Ransom explained why.

They were too absurdly alike, she said.