LOL!!! This is too funny. "Many a thing Mrs. Lynde had lent, sometimes never expecting to see it again, came home that night in charge of borrowers thereof." Ha! They needed a good reason to gossip.
Funny how much emphasis there was on housecleaning and feminine duties. "....sound doctrine in the man and good housekeeping in the woman make an ideal combination for a minister's family." And poor Anne used anondyne liniment for vanilla. That must have been awful.
presentiment - a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding
sojourn - a temporary stay (didn't know that)
dyspeptic - suffering from dyspepsia (indigestion) (is that where pepto bismol gets its name?)
anodyne liniment - find a recipe here
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Sunday, March 1, 2009
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