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The people of Prince's Crossing called him the old
maggot. Not just because he was despicably rich or lived
in a house far larger than his needs, nor because he owned
all their farms, or sired the wild Young men who tore up
the roads with their half-tamed galloping horses—it was
because they could not pronounce the word magnate,
which Mr. Skegg assuredly was, and said maggot instead.
Somehow, it Was more appropriate.
Lady Bythewaite was the common-law wife of the old
man. A devouring love filled her entire existence, but never
affected the iron of her will and the implacable destiny
which led from it.
Only Clarence Of the three sons could claim the Skegg
name, and at the first opportunity he ran off to New York
to change it. When he came back, it was With a new name,
silent-picture fame, and a deadly vengeance to act out.
Owen Haskins was the "acknowledged" son who lived
with Lady Bythewaite. A delicate lad with a strange blue
cast to his dark eyes, his world included each of his family,
in turn. One by one, with a devotion that Was frightening.
Aiken Cusworth was the bastard. A great hulking horse-
tender with the smell of the fields and animals on him.
He had the strength of ten and a single bent that yanked
man and beast to the line of his terrible whim.
Together, they lived in the house Of the solitary maggot.
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