” He leaned back for his soup. ‘And it is perhaps not so necessary that I do so, because Joan has told me of another who may like to say I am the daughter of Mary Remenham. Maggot lent her powerful aid, and, between the two, Jack was speedily relieved from all fears of being carried off against his will. She pointed suddenly at the portrait. A sarcastic smile seemed to play upon the chief-taker's lips; and abashed at his own irresolution, the lad went on. .