"Violet, I always thought that useless Byron would never get a clue, never chase after girls on his own. I had planned to use the marriage fund I saved for him to splurge across the Old Continent, hooking up ten or twenty high-bred lovers to spread the Lancaster seed. Now that you're helping out, all that money can be saved."
Catherine adjusted to her new role as 'Queen' with astonishing speed, as if it were a seamless transition. She had no sense of incongruity with something like, I treated you like a brother, but now I've got to bear your children, after all, it was just about having a bunch of kids, not like borrowing money. What's the big deal? And this time, not only was there no need to borrow money, but there was also money to be made.
