The Blue Castle Chapter 8 to 12
Fancy word time: Munificence is the quality of being extremely generous, liberal, or lavish in giving gifts, favors, or money
Valancy being told that she can't bring any upset or trouble to her mother at such a young age is gutting.
Second Cousin Sara covering up the Venus De Milo is hilariously sad. I don't know why but I always get a kick out of it for sheer silliness..
Some amazing disses here from Valancy she is viciously honest!
Olive with all her beauty and popularity is also limited in the social mores of the day- she went to school but didn't pursue anything after either due to family disapproval or lack of interest. She gave up on a non approved paramour (and probably didn't like the idea of being the subject of lost interest)
Oof I'd zone out too Valancy if I had to hear the same stories over and over again each gathering.
Glad to know that 'boys will be boys' got shut down, killing chickens indeed! What little monsters.
"It is such a fatal mistake to try to be funny if you don’t succeed.” HA Get him Valancy!
Uncle "I don't argue with woman because I'm a weenie" Wellington great rejoinder when you have nothing to back up your opinion on.
Had to look it up but Uncle James' long awaited quote is from Shakespeare 'King John' which looks like a fancier version of "if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck"
Also those are some mighty devastating eyebrows but luckily the dice rolled against Armageddon.
So I saw some earlier posts about the 9th commandment comment and am confused. Where did the coveting the wife come from? Isn't the commandment about bearing false witness to a neighbour. Ah, the wind is a friend to Valancy, her little vigil after her attack is so melancholy, everyone deserved comfort when they're ill!
