During the entire period of this law-suit Hoppet Hall had remained untenanted.
When the property was finally declared to belong to Reginald Morton, the Hall, before it could be used, required considerable repair.

But there was other property.

The Bush Inn belonged to Reginald Morton, as did the house in which Mr.Masters lived, and sundry other smaller tenements in the vicinity.

There was an income from these of about five hundred pounds a year.

Reginald, who was then nearly thirty years of age, came over to England, and stayed for a month or two at Bragton with his aunt, to the infinite chagrin of the old dowager.
The management of the town property was entrusted to Mr.Masters, and Hoppet Hall was repaired.