[ And in a rare moment of genuineness, rather than the ironic drollness one might have expected in response: ]

Sailing, apparently. They're avid sailors. [ A beat. ] And living as far away from here as possible. She wanted to get out of this house as badly as I did. She just did so...respectably. [ Another hesitation, then: ] It would have been hers, if Barrayar still lived.