Rine Mordred and Torma Mordred are faking a pregnancy. Rine can no longer bare children and instead Torma has bed an anonymous woman to further his line.
Mornington Lormanston being a relative is told this secret after catching on to the clues. He decides it is their choice to make and leaves their business to them. He is aware that many of the house servants of the Hall of Bulls must be in on the secret. The trials and tribulations of the noble class must remain unknown to the masses.