Raising (her voice).

p

Coarse rug of felt or wool.

q

Meaning “a mess”; in 1307, a Scots nobleman, Sir James Douglas, about to lose his castle to the English, dumped all remaining food as well as dead animals and prisoners in the cellar and then set it all on fire.

r

Kill them.

s

See the Bible, Proverbs 12:10.

t

See the Bible, Daniel 5:27.

u

Cheerful old woman.

v

Apparently York.

w

Diffidence (French).

x

In other words, she must pay for her own laundry, rather than be permitted to have it done gratis by the household servants.

y

The extensive gardens and grounds surrounding the house.

z

A form of needlework on canvas, usually to a set pattern.

aa

Slightly misquoted (probably from memory) from eighteenth-century Scottish-born English writer James Thomson’s poem The Seasons, “Winter,” lines 801-803.

ab

See Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (act 3, scene 5).

ac

Boisterous.

ad

Someone who enjoys the good things in life (French).

ae

Not normally pejorative in Victorian usage.

af

Agnes thus is expected to understand any and all biblical allusions; ironically, this one is not to Matthew but to 1 Peter 3:3-4.

ag

Needlework, like the German woolwork noted in the footnote on p. 56.

ah

Boisterous girl or woman; in American usage, a tomboy.

ai

Could not handle him.

aj

See the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:4—7.

ak

Note well (Latin).

al

Brief formal daily prayer before the Epistle.

am

Preface.

an

Snowdrifts.

ao

See the Bible, 1 John 4:16.

ap

See the Bible, 1 John 4:7: “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God” (King James Version).

aq

Scolding them.

ar

Methodist.

as

Anything.

at

Responses.

au

See the Bible, Luke 13:24.

av

See the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:1.

aw

See the Bible, Luke 13:24.

ax

Whining.

ay

Tidying.

az

Cleaning up.

ba

See the Bible, Psalms 106:33.

bb

Next to.

bc

See the Bible, 1 John 5:1.

bd

See the Bible, John 3:16.

be

See the Bible, Luke 6:31.

bf

See the Bible, 1 John 4:12-13.

bg

See the Bible, Proverbs 15:1.

bh

See the Bible, Matthew 11:28-30.

bi

Quarreling.

bj

A different kind of man (source of quotation untraced).

bk

Anything.

bl

Nothing.

bm

See the Bible, Exodus 12:11.

bn

Ends.

bo

Too strong from having brewed too long.

bp

Vengefully.

bq

Puzzle.

br

Fence surrounding the park.

bs

See the Bible, Job 29:13.

bt

Tell all my gossip.

bu

Berating or scolding.

bv

Attract his attention.

bw

Allusion to the Bible, 2 Samuel 12:1—6.

bx

See the Bible, Phillipians 4:8.

by

Needn’t have taken (archaic).

bz

Love letters.

ca

Spirit.

cb

Turned quickly.

cc

As before, her portable writing desk.

cd

London.

ce

Turtledoves.

cf

Rather than breast-feed the child herself, Rosalie has secured a wet nurse for her.

cg

Bell rung to indicate that one should dress now to be on time for dinner.

ch

Small, valuable decorative objects.

ci

Linger drunkenly.

cj

Walk straight through without stopping.

ck

Portable dressing rooms that could be wheeled into the water, allowing occupants to undress and enter the sea without being seen by passersby.

cl

Those adept in occult arts; fortunetellers.

cm

“Numbered, numbered, weighed, divided.”

cn

Compassion.

co

Wasting disease, such as tuberculosis.

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