"Please rest assured, the Lawrence family will certainly make a gesture of goodwill towards you."
It must be said, his timing was impeccably chosen.
The wake for the Newman brothers had gathered all the surviving upper echelons of Royal Port and the prominent figures from the surrounding colonial towns. Even if Byron were truly duplicitous and not as he was in legends, it would be impossible for him to act against Lawrence in public. Moreover, the Newman Family's orphaned daughter was like a child holding gold—quite defenseless. Even with the barely noticeable Bill as her protector, her situation remained unchanged.
As long as Lawrence initiated the property liquidation process, given the level of corruption among the officials in Royal Port, they would undoubtedly swarm in to tear a large chunk from the Newman Family's assets. Once they formed a community of interest, not even a strong tiger could stand against a pack of wolves!
