Glyn's and exchange my letter of credit for L2,000 for three years for
one for L3,000."
Imagine a man forgetting he had L3,000 a year and an estate in England
worth L30,000, and earning his bread in a slaughter-house and in the
Bush, borrowing money from a poor woman and running away with it.
But now another singular thing stamps this fraudulent impostor who
makes so many believe in him. He, alleged by his supporters to be Sir
Roger Tichborne, recollected all about a place that he had never been
to; people he had never heard of, far less seen; events that he could
_not_ know and which never happened to him, but did happen to Arthur
Orton. He knew Wapping well--every inch of it; Old Charles Orton, the
father of Arthur; Charles Orton the brother, the sisters, the people
who kept this shop and that; so that when on his return to England he
went to the Wapping seat of his ancestors instead of Ashford, he asked
all about them, and reminded them so faithfully of the little events
of Arthur's boyhood, and resembled that person so much in the face,
that they said, "Why, you are Arthur Orton yourself!" True, he paid
some of them to swear he was not, but the impression remained.
Mr. Hawkins told the jury how he picked up his second-hand knowledge
of the things he spoke about concerning the Tichbornes, for it was
necessary to be able to answer a good many questions wherever he went,
especially when he went into the witness-box.
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