Kindle Notes & Highlights
and boards
Sidewalks and boards in London, sorry. Pavements, roads and gutters yes.
the kettle was whistling furiously
Check facts. Whistling kettles hadn’t been invented when this story was set.
She had barely gotten it on when Jenny entered carrying a tray.
US anachronism - gotten. Try English,She had barely got it on when Jenny entered carrying a tray. Or, explanation,She had barely got her nightdress on when Jenny entered carrying a tray.
honest to God, is that I outlive him.”
You may outlive your titled spouse, but as a woman in Victorian England if there were ANY male heirs, they inherit. You as a woman...would be totally dependent upon the male heirs charity for everything.
Roger knocked the entered her room.
Then.
“Mother said you need to every bit of it.”
Missing information...“Mother said you need to eat every bit of it.”
