“A marquis?”
“No, only a baron.”
“But I supposed—in fact, you told me—”
“No, no—it was the elder branch of the Bulac family that was noble.”
“He was connected then with the Bulac family?”
“Most assuredly. He was the head of the younger branch.”
“And his name was—”
“The Baron de Bulac—a lieutenant in the navy.”
Jack felt dizzy, and had only strength to ask, “How long since he died?”
“O, years and years!” said Charlotte, hurriedly.