"I'm sure I don't," retorted the barrister, completely mystified. "I suppose you mean Frettlby's connection with Rosanna Moore; well, of course, it was not a very creditable thing for her to have been Frettlby's mistress, but still—"
"His mistress?" said Fitzgerald, looking up sharply "then you don't know all."
"What do you mean—was she not his mistress?"
"No—his wife!" Calton sprang to his feet, and gave a cry of surprise.
"His wife!"
Fitzgerald nodded.
"Why, Mother Guttersnipe did not know this—she thought Rosanna was his mistress."
"He kept his marriage secret," answered Brian, "and as his wife ran away with someone else shortly afterwards, he never revealed it."
"I understand now," said the barrister, slowly. "For if Mark Frettlby was lawfully married to Rosanna Moore—Madge is illegitimate."
"Yes, and she now occupies the place which Sal Rawlins—or rather Sal Frettlby ought to."