“I am not alone in my hobby,” the Marquis replied. “Julius Caesar for instance, boasted of his descent from Aeneas, who doubtless you will remember was not only a Trojan hero but also the son of Aphrodite.”
“Do you really expect me to believe that Aphrodite ever existed?” Rowena enquired.
“I think perhaps you and Hermione are living proof of that,” the Marquis replied with a twist of his lips that was undoubtedly mocking.
“I want to know about genealogy, tell me about it,” Hermione begged. “If you find it interesting, it must be.”
“Thank you,” the Marquis replied.
Rowena thought that, because he felt it would annoy her, he began to explain to Hermione how genealogy had started with epic poems like those of Homer and the Nordic Sagas and had even been significant in Greek history in th
