The multitude of swindles and cons that Bartram managed to pull off effectively eventually culminated into his seducing the daughter of one of the foremen of the Stone Mason Society in Stratholme. This young woman, Lydia Stonesmith, was easily taken in by Bartram's worldly mannerisms, and before long was pregnant with Remington. This coupling was anything other than ideal for all parties involved, but before Bartram could vanish once more from the life of a person he'd managed to bamboozle, Lydia's father, Seamus, had the two formally married on threat that if they did not join in matrimony, he would bury Bartram somewhere that not even the Light could find. The warning was successful, and Bartram hung up his ecclesiastic raiment and took up masonry as Seamus wished. To no one's surprise,