CHAPTER XXXVII
ANOTHER REVELATION
The following notice appeared a few days subsequent in the London Daily Times:
“The nearest of kin to Sir Edgar Douglas, who was son of Sir William Douglas, son of Sir Frederick Douglas, formerly of Winship Towers, Winchester, will learn something to his or her advantage by applying to Capel & Armand, attorneys-at-law, No. 47 Gray’s Inn.”
“What was your father’s name, Brownie?” Adrian asked, lifting his eyes from the paper he had been reading.
“William Douglas.”
“And what was his father’s name?”
“James. But why do you ask? Shall I bring forth the genealogical tree?” she asked, mischievously.
“Yes, bring it,” he said, gravely, and with something of surprise in her manner she obeyed.
“Now see if you can find the name of Sir Frederick Douglas three generations back,” he said, when he had spread it out.
“Yes, here it is.”