With all of this to disturb Fleur’s peace-of-mind came another pressing issue. Sir Walter was beginning to feel the impact of his rapidly dwindling Gringotts’ vault—the goblins had sent several, increasingly threatening messages and if they did not soon make changes, things were going to come to a crisis. When Lady Parkinson lived, the Parkinson Estate was properly managed and Sir Walter was able to manage in both an economical and respectable way. But after she had passed, Sir Walter began to exceed his income—after all, he felt, he simply must live as a proper wizard should and nobody else had either the authority or inclination to check his most disastrous impulses.