A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left.
1The bend sinister of ostracism was the source of his hunger.
2One with a bend sinister, we presume.
3Remember that most all slang is of vulgar origin and bears upon its face the bend sinister of vulgarity.
4For all of the bend sinister upon his escutcheon, Reginald Maltravers was as fanatical concerning the family as his father.
5By what legitimatizing process the bend sinister was erased, and the marquisate preserved, we have hitherto been unable to ascertain.
6Far better the bend sinister in his own class than a legitimate parent of the type of 'Gene Bisbee or D.V.
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