His lordship followed, and, saying to the footman, "Home--drive fast," fell back in the carriage, and never uttered one word until we had arrived, and had entered the dining-parlour. He then took a few steps up and down, before he said, "Mr Newland, or whatever your name may be, I perceive that you consider the possession of an important secret to be your safeguard. To state my opinion of your conduct is needless; who you are, and what you are, I know not; but," continued he, no longer controlling his anger; "you certainly can have no pretensions to the character of a gentleman." "Perhaps your lordship," replied I, calmly, "will inform me upon what you may ground your inference." "Did you not, in the first place, open a letter addressed to another?" "My lord, I opened a letter brought to me with the initials of my name, and at the time I opened it I fully believed that it was intended for me." "We will grant that, sir; but after you had opened it you must have known that it was for some other person." "I will not deny that, my lord." "Notwithstanding which, you apply to my lawyer, representing yourself as another person, to obtain sealed papers." "I did, my lord; but allow me to say, that I never should have done so, had I not been warned by a dream." "By a dream?" "Yes, my lord. I had determined not to go for them, when in a dream I was ordered so to do." "Paltry excuse! and then you break private seals." "Nay, my lord, although I did go for the papers, I could not, even with the idea of supernatural interposition, make up my mind to break the seals. If your lordship will recollect, it was you who broke the seals, and insisted upon my reading the papers." "Yes, sir, under your false name." "It is the name by which I go at present, although I acknowledge it is false; but that is not my fault--I have no other at present." "It is very true, sir, that in all I have now mentioned, the law will not reach you; but recollect, that by assuming another person's name--" "I never did, my lord," interrupted I. "Well, I may say, by inducing me to believe that you were my nephew, you have obtained money under false pretences; and for that I now have you in my power." "My lord, I never asked you for the money; you yourself paid it into the banker's hands to my credit, and to my own name. I appeal to you now, whether, if you so deceived yourself, the law can reach me?" "Mr Newland, I will say, that much as I regret what has passed, I regret more than all the rest, that one so young, so prepossessing, so candid in appearance, should prove such an adept in deceit. Thinking you were my nephew, my heart warmed towards you, and I must confess, that since I have seen my real nephew, the mortification has been very great."