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Date Posted: Wed, September 14 2022, 20:28:05
Author: CindyG
Subject: QOTD for Thursday, September 15, 2022

The following quote is from Seven Stones to Stand or Fall by Diana Gabaldon, “A Fugitive Green,” chapter 14, “Notorious Bores.” Copyright 2017 by Diana Gabaldon, all rights reserved.

“‘Of course you must go,’ Lady Buford said, having downed half a glassful at one gulp.
‘Really?’ Minnie was experiencing that sudden visceral emptiness that attends excitement, anticipation, and panic.
‘Yes,’ Lady Buford said, with determination, and downed the rest, setting her glass down with a thump. ‘Almost all of your choicest prospects will be there, and there is nothing like competition to make a gentleman declare himself.’
Now the sensation was one of unalloyed panic. What with one thing and another, Minnie had quite forgotten that she was meant to be husband-hunting. Just last week, she’d had two proposals, though luckily from fairly undistinguished suitors, and Lady Buford hadn’t objected to her refusing them.
She finished her own Madeira and poured another for them both.
‘All right,’ she said, feeling a slight spinning sensation. ‘What do you think I should wear?’
‘Your very best, my dear.’ Lady Buford raised her refilled glass in a sort of toast. ‘Lord Fairbairn is a widower.’”

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[> It’s so gross to remember how woman were “sold off” to a good catch. I work in a cemetery and you wouldn’t believe how many old records just list the woman as Mrs. So and So. Her first name isn’t even there. -- Kathy in PA, Fri, September 16 2022, 3:09:25

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[> [> Is it any wonder that so many now choose to keep their maiden names instead of taking their husband's? -- DianaH, Fri, September 16 2022, 7:32:28

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