He did it, at least under a powerful influence.

He could not help but smile now at the thought of how he had filled both sides of the equation.

On his father's side, bringing down the mad record from Naseby; on his mother's, true to the heathen, by following his impulses--sacred to primitive man, justified by spear, arrow, and a strong arm.

Why sheet home this as a scandal?
How did they--the libellers--know but that he had married the girl?
Exactly.

He would see to that.