"Does it happen that your lordship was acquainted at any time with that vanished family ?" "I was, sir--slightly acquainted--at one time with one or two of its members.

'Tis that that is odd.

You see, sir, my name, too, happens to be Caryll." "True--yet I see nothing so oddly coincident in the matter, particularly if your acquaintance with these Malignys was but slight." "Indeed, you are right.

You are right.

There is no such great coincidence, when all is said.