[quote=@Morose]
[@Sigil] Hmmm. I have a slightly hairbrained idea. Or several. 

-The Crypts aren't religious and they're quite odd, maybe the church suspected they were soulless and sent Mary to the manor 

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THIS. This works. Mary has files on a lot of people suspected of being Soulless, open and closed cases, etc. Sitting down to Tea with Virginia sounds plausible. There is potential here.