Sir Leicester Dedlock and his wife Honoria live on his estate at Chesney Wold.
After Miss Barbary dies, John Jarndyce becomes Esther\'s guardian and assigns the Chancery lawyer "Conversat.
Esther does not know Miss Barbary is her aunt.
The daughter, Esther, is in fact alive and being raised by Miss Barbary, Lady Dedlock\'s sister.
Lady Dedlock believes her daughter is dead.
Unknown to Sir Leicester, before she married, Lady Dedlock had a lover, Captain Hawdon, and had a daughter by him.
Sir Leicester Dedlock and his wife Honoria live on his estate at Chesney Wold