Debt

So I don't forget it.

James Ashford had some bad dealings with bad people and it resulted in terrible debt.
Ewan Ashford ended up inheriting that terrible debt after James was killed.
Ewan had run the Ashford finances into the ground trying to settle that debt.
Vanessa Ashford has thus inherited the debt tied to the Ashford name.
Lady Blythegarden has apparently bought the debt!

April 30th, 1820

How romantic! Dr. 'Teddy' Forde worked to deal with the bad people associated with the bad debt. He also covered the cost of 1/3 of that debt. Apparently Lady Flemming plans to pay off another 1/3 of that debt.

I need to find out the sum. If I can, I think I will cover the remaining third. That way Vanessa is free of it and can be her own woman without that. It will also mean that she can choose who she wishes to marry without having to consider needing to marry for money to cover the debt.

NOTE: This has nothing to do with the title of Baron or the voted position of running the Barony.

I will plan to speak with Lady Blythegarden in the coming weeks.

I need to speak with Bradshaw to see if the house can be fixed, if there is money anywhere to put towards the repairs after the earthquake. I haven't spoke to his since that day he hugged me. No one has ever been that intimate. Now I feel so very ... awkward. I must set aside those feelings. He likely feels nothing in turn and I am being foolish. Vanessa will know the people here in the town and she should handle this on her own. Perhaps that is best. I have apparently meddled enough and am not really welcome to do so.