“Now who was his heir?”
“Sir William E. Douglas.”
“Does the table give the name of his son?”
“No, the record of that family stops there.”
“I thought likely; now what connection is, or was Sir William E. Douglas to your branch of the family?”
Brownie referred again to the chart.
“Sir William, James, my grandfather, and auntie, were all the children of Sir Frederick Douglas; and I never knew until his moment that auntie had more than one brother,” Brownie said, in surprise.
“That is strange; and he was the heir to the baronetcy, too,” returned Adrian; then he asked: “What is the date of his death?”
“1840. It is put here in auntie’s own handwriting.”
“That is thirty-six years ago. Then Sir William Douglas was your father’s uncle, which makes him your grand-uncle, and just the same relation to you that Miss Mehetabel Douglas was.”