Afterwards
Ninian Dasenby laid his father to rest and then, the following month, attended his cousin’s wedding in Gloucestershire. After that, he accompanied the duke and duchess on their tour of the Westfell estates.
At the end of the tour, the duke said, “Nine estates. It’s too much for one man to bear. I shall go into a decline under the strain of it all.” And then he gifted one of the estates to Ninian, and not just any estate, but Ninian’s favorite, a fifteenth-century manor house nestled in one of Shropshire’s gentle valleys.
Ninian spent a very happy month selecting colors for his new home.
In November, he went to London with the duke and duchess, so that the duke could attend the House of Lords and Ninian could choose the colors for the Westfell residence on Berkeley Square. He
