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Uncle Henry had never been wealthy, but he had nonetheless filled his simple country home with collections of the most lackluster variety: a cellar of dusty wine bottles, each with one last sip stoppered inside, long since rancid; wardrobes of what could have once been a gentleman’s finery, now patched and repatched beyond utility; dozens of hats, each stained and frayed in its own fashion. In life Uncle Henry had been heard to remark on several occasions that he had been cursed with a love of the finer things while the hateful Lord above made all too certain that he could not afford them. So instead he surrounded himself with the next best thing: objects that had once been proud and which—in great enough numbers—could compound into something still fine, still grand. Perhaps this lapse in judgment could be more readily forgiven if George had not been the one to find himself alone standing in the midst of this cenotaph to discontent. Alone, save for the dubious assistance of Mr. John Curtis, a gentleman much more generous in commentary than assistance. “Fascinating!” Mr. Curtis said yet again, this time as he watched George open a trunk of ladies shoes, most broken, many probably lacking a mate. George snorted in response, letting the lid fall shut. “Hardly. One more thing to be hauled away.” He heaved the trunk aside, ready to move on to the next. But Mr. Curtis opened the trunk once more, considering the contents in silence while George opened another, this one filled with broken tableware. “Had your uncle a wife?” George almost laughed at the question. “No, certainly not. Though I daresay a touch of domesticity would have gone a long way towards balancing the man.” He moved this trunk aside and began to struggle with the next, whose latch had rusted shut.