Сердца трех / Hearts of three. Уровень 3

” He stooped and picked up the note. “I was just sending that to you by the boy when you screamed. Take it. Read it.”

She looked at the paper.

“I am the man whom you mistook for Henry Morgan…”

“You… are… not… Henry?” she gasped.

“No, I am not.”

“But the name? your name?”

“Morgan, Francis Morgan.” He bowed. “As I explained there, Henry and I are distant relatives. Moreover, Henry did not kill your uncle.”

A great doubt suddenly dawned in her eyes.

“Henry,” she accused him.

Francis pointed to his mustache.

“You’ve grown that since.”

He pulled up his sleeve and showed her his left arm from wrist to elbow.

“Do you remember the scar?” he asked.

She nodded.

“Then find it.”

“I… I ask your forgiveness. I was terribly mistaken! Do you have a message from Henry?” she asked. “Is he innocent? This is true? Oh, I want to believe you!”

“I am certain that Henry did not kill your uncle!”

“Then say no more,” she interrupted joyfully.

Alvarez Torres was sitting on the broad piazza of the Solano Hacienda[35 - on the broad piazza of the Solano Hacienda – на широкой террасе перед асьендой Солано]. What he saw was Leoncia and Francis. Torres did not believe his eyes: Francis took a ring, and Leoncia extended her left hand and received the ring upon her third ringer.

So Henry’s ring came back on Leoncia’s hand. But Leoncia was not very glad to receive the ring.

Torres twisted his mustache fiercely, and advanced to meet.

“You, a shameless murderer!”

Francis smiled.

“Another lunatic,” he said. “The last time, Leoncia, that I saw this gentleman was in New York. Now I meet him here and the first thing he tells me is that I am a shameless murderer.”

“Senor Torres, you must apologize,” she declared angrily.

“Senor Torres,” Francis said, “I know your mistake. You think I am Henry Morgan. I am Francis Morgan, and you and I, not long ago, transacted business together in Regan’s office in New York.”

Torres uttered apologies both to Francis and Leoncia.

“And now,” said Leoncia, “Senor Torres, we will tell you about Henry.”

Torres was very amazed and angry.