The Estate's meticulously kept gardens, including a hedgemaze that students have occasionally described as "sadistic" and a sizable rose garden. Benches in shaded spots are plentiful, and the gardens are popular to study in on pleasant days. The nearby stables are still maintained with a number of well-heeled equines.
"Unless you want your thread to end, you don't go after Nornir at all. Which isn't exactly helpful information. 'Don't mess with the thing that's messing with you.'"
"Then why bother at all? With that mindset, once your plan's scuttled, it's scuttled and there's no point in trying to fix it because you don't have the ability to adapt."
"I think I'm out of my depth, see no life rafts, and the waves are only getting higher. There's only one thing that happens then." She looks Isolde in the eye, "You drown."
"No one," she says, "Well, there was apparently some guy at the club in Chelmsford, but I don't remember a bit of it. I only know because people said it happened."