Sir Robert.
[Closer.] In short, rather like—you?
Margaret.
[Hesitating.] I dare say there are some who would
say so.
Sir Robert.
So Freda Michel and Margaret Schiller bear a
distinct resemblance to each other?
Margaret.
[Clutching at an idea.] Yes—now that I come to
think of it—perhaps they do, sir.
Sir Robert.
So that if the Commissioner, seeing you, thought
you were Margaret Schiller, that might account
for it?
Margaret.
[Eagerly.] Yes, that's just what I was thinking, sir.
Sir Robert.
[Laying dozen paper and taking up letter.] But this
is where my difficulty comes in. Although the
description of Margaret Schiller is so true to you,
you bear no resemblance to the description of Freda
Michel.
Margaret.
[Rising, gasping] What description of Freda
Michel?
Sir Robert.
[Motioning her to sit.] You have heard of my late
wife, Lady Margaret Temple?
