It indicates that my ancestors of James II's time were indifferent to him; I do not know why; I never could make it out; but that is what it indicates.

And I have always felt friendly toward Satan.

Of course that is ancestral; it must be in the blood, for I could not have originated it.
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And so, by the testimony of instinct, backed by the assertions of Clemenses who said they had examined the records, I have always been obliged to believe that Geoffrey Clement the martyr-maker was an ancestor of mine, and to regard him with favor, and in fact pride.

This has not had a good effect upon me, for it has made me vain, and that is a fault.