Thornwell is quite large, but my husband only owns a small bit of it. I have.. oh, it must be close to a hundred relatives... and they all need space, so we can't all have grand houses. My parents had a nicer home than my husband and I did, but I was married off as punishment. He came from a lesser branch of the clan.

[Everything about the Quarantine is a bit of a shock, since the worst she's ever had to worry about is her mean grandmother forcing her to marry an icky boy. But at least she's used to exploring the unknown and honestly, it beats sitting around at home.]