I don't remember off the top of my head just where the estate is. Either it's in the north, or someone is just REALLY into Danes, I guess. (Presumably Nigel. Can't imagine Rosalie inflicting that name on her child.)

Fabulous amounts of money ARE extremely helpful, especially when your problem is a castle and a village that's falling down around your ears!

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Nigel thoughtfully dies of apoplexy at the end of the book. It is the only thoughtful thing he ever did in his entire life and it is entirely against his will, of course.