Letters kept, letters destroyed
Given the fragility of letters, it’s astounding how many have survived centuries and even millennia. Added to which it seems...
An excellent precaution
Long gone the days of bedbugs and room tics, when a lady might think to travel with her own linen. Still,...
Say what you ought
A laughing summary of a lady's capacity to say the right thing at the right moment, just what she ought,...
Understatement – dead or alive?
Jane Austen is a fount of wryness. Here she is playfully, gently breaking some bad news of the state of...
The scrutiny that precedes reading
Yes, there is that small ceremony that precedes the reading of a letter, particularly a hand-written one delivered by post. ...
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