A sort of relation.
Through my daughter-in-law." "I suppose--" "Well ?" "I suppose there's no chance of this Sleeper asserting himself.

I suppose he's certain to be a puppet--in Ostrog's hands or the Council's, as soon as the struggle is over." "In Ostrog's hands--certainly.

Why shouldn't he be a puppet?
Look at his position.

Everything done for him, every pleasure possible.

Why should he want to assert himself ?" "What are these Pleasure Cities ?" said Graham, abruptly.
The old man made him repeat the question.