Graymont

Among the Dolls' relations, there's an old lady who lives 'way out in the sticks. Grandma calls her Granny Gray, though even Grandma gets confused when trying to trace the exact family relationship. This crone may be even older than Billy Bones claims to be, and her first name is Gertrude. Or Geraldine, or Gretchen. Gilda or Gwendolyn, no one is sure, because of the scrawled nature of signature on the rare greeting cards they receive from her.

A hundred or so years ago, Granny G's house was a mansion called Graymont, but now it is a (pardon the anachronism) rambling wreck crammed with all manner of trash and treasures. Much of the Dolls' household furnishing came from there. If anyone should want a bustle or a farthingale, a French clock with cherubs, a German player-piano called a Fortsenzitter or something like that, a death mask of George Washington, a steam-powered tricycle-- Well, Granny G can usually find whatever is needed in one cubbyhole or another, with the aid, so she claims, of various ghosts in the house.

With random hired help, she does keep a few rooms tidy and functional, such as the pretty suite occupied by little Maybelle Buff-Orpington, an orphan child who is said to be a grandchild of Step-Grandpa Barry Buff-Orpington.

Daddy Doll wants to send a crew of photographers to Graymont to record some of the flotsam there before the whole place goes up in flames or falls to dust. He hasn't yet found professionals willing to take on the job for a reasonable fee.