[ He smiles slightly, sourness tempered by his pleasure at the clever double entendre. Overbreeding in both senses. There was a reason all the Vorrutyer cousins look like they could be siblings, and all the siblings twins. ]
Père was the fifth in his generation. Not much left for the youngest son. Upon the death of my most dreadful and vile grandfather, he received this crumbling pile and a small income - an income that he refused to spend. Not on clothes, not on repairs, not on food, not on education, not on dowry. Just collected it to brood over, like a fairy-tale monster. [ The smile goes thinner. ] There were several arguments over it.
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[ He smiles slightly, sourness tempered by his pleasure at the clever double entendre. Overbreeding in both senses. There was a reason all the Vorrutyer cousins look like they could be siblings, and all the siblings twins. ]
Père was the fifth in his generation. Not much left for the youngest son. Upon the death of my most dreadful and vile grandfather, he received this crumbling pile and a small income - an income that he refused to spend. Not on clothes, not on repairs, not on food, not on education, not on dowry. Just collected it to brood over, like a fairy-tale monster. [ The smile goes thinner. ] There were several arguments over it.