Talk:Lady Boyle/@comment-5607198-20130301132257/@comment-27202257-20130302024739

It's possible that Lydia/Esma was siphoning the money to Burrows right under Waverly's nose.

Though, honestly, Waverly seems like the only one paranoid enough to want to cozy up to the Lord Regent for protection. Esma seems too out of it and Lydia's too blase about everything to really care.