A part from the usual pursuits of a young girl of highbirth, Lady Tatiana spent many days looking at the portrait of her ancestor Lord Charles Argleton, 1st Earl of Glastonbury, who back in the 11th century achieved the title thanks to the fact that he was the favourite of the secretly gay English king William II. More than the aristocrat's blustering expression, what most caught the attention of the noble girl was the family's coat of arms in the gilded frame of the painting. It was displayed on a silver blazon, a red chicken rampant with a very small crown on its head. That such an ugly bird was the emblem of the family was a mystery. Why had Lord Charles chosen a chicken to decorate his coat of arms? Maybe he was a coward? Was he crazy about the chicken pie? Or that the silly chicken reminded him of his lover, the English king? The young lady pondered these questions, while her antecedent seemed to say, with the typical mocking look of the Argletons: "As if I am going to tell you!".