After her beloved father passes, Vanessa decides to remain in the tiny, decrepit cottage she grew up in. She doesn't have much of a choice, as she cannot obtain a posting as a gardener for the Alderwell Estate like her father did; as a woman she is forbidden to work professionally. She survives by working the tiny plot of land; by trading minerals. Perhaps she also stays for Lord Elroy. They used to play together as children in his father's gardens, among hedge mazes... #Hatsy #Alderwellestate