“A wife? H’m.”
“Yes, and children. Say no, say no!”
“My God! I have no lawful wife but you; and as for children, many or few, they are all bastards, save this one alone!”
“And that you be Sir John Horseleigh of Clyfton?”
“I mid be. I have never said so to ’ee.”
“But Sir John is known to have a lady, and issue of her!”
The knight looked down. “How did thy mind get filled with such as this?” he asked.
