There was a Craig who was a tenant of the first Lord Ashleigh and fought with him in the Cromwellian Wars as a trooper and since those days, so far as I can see, there has never been a time when there hasn't been a Craig in the service of our family.

A fine race they seem to have been, until--" "Until when ?" Quest demanded.
The look of trouble had once more clouded the Professor's face.

He shrugged his shoulders slightly.
"Until Craig's father," he admitted.

"I am afraid I must admit that we come upon a bad piece of family history here.

Silas Craig entered the service of my father in 1858, as under game-keeper.