As for Arno, he had already made a request to Robert, refusing any noble title. He was only interested in the civic administrative position of Mayor of London City. Robert granted his request and would pay him a special annuity of fifty pounds a year as a salary.
Arno was Count Odo's only child and stood to inherit everything from him, and Odo already possessed more than enough.
Although he had long held the power of the first noble in the Kingdom beneath the King, his resources and material wealth now truly lived up to that status.
However, neither of the two men was present, so Odo's wife, Lady Isabella, accepted the title on his behalf. Though she was nearly forty, the years did not seem to have burdened her. Instead, they had bestowed upon her a unique and approachable charisma.
The Countess was a Saxon noble from Kent.
