"Miss Harlowe left me her estate," she said softly... "But I cannot have it unless I marry within ninety days in order to keep it from her cousin, Magnus." She sighed, finding it distasteful in general to have to do it this way but knowing she didn't have much of a choice if she wanted to survive. She dusted her severe, gray skirt and bit into her lower lip.

She wasn't going to give the exact number of money she would be getting, but it was a significant amount.