“of them has a son, they would want to run Father’s estate until their child is old enough to do it.’ Her face puckered. ‘And I don’t know what would happen to me then!’ ‘Surely your father would leave you well provided for?’ Jenny said. ‘Especially if you were unmarried.’ ‘He’s very old-fashioned.’ Arabella’s eyes became moist. ‘He would leave me an annuity, I expect, but I wouldn’t have a house. He would expect my sisters and their husbands to have me live with them. And they won’t want to.’ Her bottom lip trembled. ‘I know that they won’t.’ She took out a lacy handkerchief”