...Generally through hiring help to maintain them, though I don't think 'large estates' are exactly common anymore either.

[Wow. He really was from the past, wasn't he? Or at least from a world that was far different from hers.

She went about cutting a hole into the middle of a slice of bread before placing it onto the skillet, deliberating over what he's just told her. She can certainly understand his feelings. At least in some ways.]

Mm. I'd imagine that's hard. My... I've got a daughter back home. I've never been away from her this long either.