(And I would have expected Hilda Annersly at least to have put in a word for the benefit of education for its own sake, but actually, given the time and everything... oh, Hilda. Your blue eyes are no use now!)
And Joey is perfectly in character. I always liked her when she was a child and spent the later books feeling inordinately sorry for her children. (There's some particularly odd bit where she's contemplating her death quite calmly because blah blah Len will take over but Jack will make sure she doesn't overwork...)
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Date: 2008-01-10 06:55 pm (UTC)(And I would have expected Hilda Annersly at least to have put in a word for the benefit of education for its own sake, but actually, given the time and everything... oh, Hilda. Your blue eyes are no use now!)
And Joey is perfectly in character. I always liked her when she was a child and spent the later books feeling inordinately sorry for her children. (There's some particularly odd bit where she's contemplating her death quite calmly because blah blah Len will take over but Jack will make sure she doesn't overwork...)
Excellent stuff!