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Over the next couple of days, Mary spent her time getting two guest rooms ready, talking to the servants about why these strange people were moving in, and basically preparing herself for having to deal with Angela and her rude behavior.

Then, the dreaded day arrived.

Angela and Henry arrived at 9 in the morning, with two carriages, one carrying themselves, the other carrying their things, or actually Angela's clothes.

They came inside, and Mary greeted them, with the best fake smile she could muster.

"Hello, welcome to Misselthwaite manor."

Henry nodded to Mary, but Angela glanced around herself with distaste. "Why would Father want this place? It is very shabby and dark, not at all like our home. If I had known what condition this place was in, I would never have agreed to staying here. But, oh well."

Mary glared at Angela with her eyes, but then thankfully Martha stepped in and took their small suitcases, while Mary took the hint and showed them to their rooms.

Henry nodded at his room, then asked to be shown the study where the money books were kept, so Mary had one of the maids show him, while she made sure that Angela was comfortable.

Angela ran her hand along the top of one of her side tables, then sighed. "This is defiantly not like my real room at my home, mine is much bigger and filled with newer furniture and such. But, I suppose I will have to make do, won't I, Mary?"

Mary gave a quick nod then excused herself, not wanting to be around Angela anymore, but when she got to the door, Angela said. "Where is Colin, shouldn't he be here to greet his new house guests?"

Mary sighed then turned back to Angela. "Colin is not feeling very well right now, so the doctor has ordered that he stay in bed and not do any activities that might wear him out. Now, if you will excuse me, I must go see to your brother."

And with that, Mary left.

She found Henry in the study, looking over the most recent money books.

Mary stepped forward. "Have you found anything that might be useful to you?"

Henry looked up. "No, not yet. I did notice that you don't have a very big budget for new clothes or other luxuries such as that."

Mary nodded. "I don't really like having to try on new clothes, especially when the ones I already have are perfectly fine, so I only go shopping when I really need new clothes."

Henry chuckled. "Well, you are defiantly not like my sister. She has a huge amount of money that Father gives her for clothes, and she still asks for more. I find it silly, but I don't say anything to Father about it, it's not my money."

Henry picked up his book again and continued reading.

Mary left him to it and went to help the cook make dinner.

After dinner that night, which Angela constantly criticized, Mary made her way to the study again, to see if Henry needed anything.

She found him amongst a large pile of old money books, with a look of deep thought, but he looked up when she came in.

"Do you need anything before I retire for the evening?"

Henry shook his head. 'No, I am fine. I had one of the maids bring me a cup of tea, but now I really need to focus on figuring out what money I can put towards your debt."

"And have you found anything yet?"

Again, Henry shook his head. "No, not yet. You all seem to spend your money very wisely. You get some money, and then you budget it into different areas, like the servants paychecks, food, oil for lamps, food for your animals, and a tiny amount for clothes and nice items, and then everything else gets put into various investments, accounts, that sort of thing. I see that I can't take any money from your budgets, that is money you need, but I can't seem to figure out how to get money from your investments or accounts."

"Why not?"

"Because your father-in-law stated in the contract that you signed that we were not allowed to take any money from those sorts of things, because he wanted to make certain that those things were not touched, but I don't see any other way you can pay us off in time without taking money from those things."

Mary nodded, not sure why Mr. Carver would do that, but then excused herself and made her way up to Colin's room.

When she go there, she knocked on the door, and when she heard an answer, she went in. Colin lay on his bed, sipping some tea, but he put it down when she came in.

"Well, how are our house guests?"

Mary sat down on the edge of the bed. "They are doing fine. Henry hasn't found any extra money that we don't really need that he can use to pay off the debt, and Angela, well, she is extremely rude."

Colin chuckled. "She always has been. I wouldn't worry about Henry, he is a good man so he will find some way of helping us, but I would focus on Angela, she can sometimes cause trouble just to cause drama and make her life exciting."

Mary nodded at that, then said good night to Colin and went to bed.

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