tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post7380823542624434209..comments2024-03-25T09:03:39.020-07:00Comments on The Uncrushable Jersey Dress: The Daughter of the Manor - RepriseBetty Debbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-8911276165793799242013-06-16T12:54:27.321-07:002013-06-16T12:54:27.321-07:00Whenever I read The Daughter of the Manor I get so...Whenever I read <i>The Daughter of the Manor</i> I get soooo angry at Leonora's mother.<br /><br />'There is one drawback—Leonora has undertaken the running of this house. <b>I am rather delicate myself</b>, Dr Galbraith; <b>my poor health does not allow me to exert myself</b>.' She sighed. 'Such a pity, but I do not see how we are to manage if Leonora is away for most of the day.'<br /><br />My nother does not stop exerting herself even when her health is really poor. In fact, I often have to scold her to stop her from exerting herself. And the moment my mom thinks she is on the mend she may do something really stupid like washing windows (behind my back, of course), get a relapse and get scolded no end by her dutiful daughter.<br /><br />Betty Barbara is right, of course. Tony's plan would have saved the manor. But the fiend wanted it all for himself and turn Leonora's parents out of their home. Perhaps, selling part of the grounds to build on would have been a good idea for the Crosbys. But I am afraid Leonora's father wouldn't have parted with any of it.<br /><br /><i>'[...] As it is, it's mouldering away. At least it will be yours one day, Leonora.'<br /> 'Not for years, Father.'</i><br /><br />And what would dear Leonora have done with it then? Would she have had the means to keep it?<br /><br />And what is Mrs Crosby's mysterious health condition anyway that prevents her from swinging a broom or doing the dishes, laying a tea tray. Making the beds. I got really annoyed when Nanny was in hospital and I read that Leonora had to make the beds.<br /><br /><b>Note</b> how Mr Macdonald, the father in <i>A Kind of Magic</i>, our next reprise, differs from Mr Crosby.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-28343096313895775872013-06-15T09:48:55.214-07:002013-06-15T09:48:55.214-07:00LOL
B von SLOL<br /><br />B von SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-32223315136155468332013-06-15T06:40:21.443-07:002013-06-15T06:40:21.443-07:00Forgive me, my mistake, I thought you had heard of...Forgive me, my mistake, I thought you had heard of it - seeing that somebody or other always seems to mention it on this blog. Go to Google and enter <br /><br /><b>uithuizen "betty von susie"</b><br /><br />or<br /><br /><b>uithuizen everyneelsthing</b>Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-34727058866769016652013-06-14T16:32:08.427-07:002013-06-14T16:32:08.427-07:00Yoo hoo to you too, I had just zipped home on my l...Yoo hoo to you too, I had just zipped home on my lunch break to check my email when you saw me, and then went straight back to work.<br /><br />B von S<br /><br />What is this Uithuizen of which you speak?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-17390843348676985112013-06-14T13:40:06.578-07:002013-06-14T13:40:06.578-07:00Oh, there you are. Yoohoo, Betty von Susie.
Uithu...Oh, there you are. Yoohoo, Betty von Susie. <br />Uithuizen, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wessel-dijkstra/7282757120/in/photolist-c6y2XW-aUsFdF-LGTt2-eibZZU-9zqwkY-9znwAT-dysCJs-bGuWek-bGv5Jc-cagrW-7234Tn-8prLAt-dejPKX-9fiyEB-Gms1Z-7gMwnv-dynahT-dynabp-dysCXb-dynafz-dyn9UB-dysCPS-cnRj39-8iQwh7-cZ1VLd-LGTsT-cZ1Vkd-cZ1UWG-cZ1VVJ-cZ1V97-cZ1UPs-cZ1VsL-LGTsV-dysCBW-dyna36-dysCGb-2ZnNE3-2ZihtB-eanYo-cosMhQ-6HytN5-bVEGQm-91BbJ6-bVEHPb-bVEC9S-bVEFWE-bVEAAy-bVEBfS-bVECM3-bVEDpU-bVEE2o/" rel="nofollow">Uithuizen</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wydiCkJJ5fk" rel="nofollow">Uithuizen</a><br />Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-16667396641734894352013-06-14T08:57:58.932-07:002013-06-14T08:57:58.932-07:00Food: hers and his beverages brandy and "bott...Food: hers and his beverages <a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=-vmhpgfi3FwC&pg=PT84&dq=brandy+tea+%22that+looks+like+water%22+%22bottled+water%22+intitle:the+intitle:daughter+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:manor+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=mza7UbOaHYaptAb3xYEw&ved=0CDkQuwUwAA" rel="nofollow">brandy and "bottled water"</a> (in that order!!!) before the jacket potato piled high with baked beans, before a pot of tea.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-6836298919499548852013-06-13T12:12:32.695-07:002013-06-13T12:12:32.695-07:00My favourite bit of child interaction in the Canon...My favourite bit of child interaction in the Canon?<br /><br /><b>Gideon Beaufort, Gideon Beaufort, Gideon Beaufort ! ! !</b><br /><br />The professor always knows how to deal with the twins Simon and Suzy.<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=Y0_XL9WoiSwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:year%27s+intitle:happy+intitle:ending+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=_Ri6UfHkFcfZswbyzYGwDA&ved=0CDkQuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=%22with%20dee%20cradled%22&f=false" rel="nofollow">The professor sat like Buddha with Dee cradled on his crossed legs.</a><br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=Y0_XL9WoiSwC&pg=PT64&dq=%22i%27ll+stay+with+dee+while+you+deal+with+the+twins%22+intitle:year%27s+intitle:happy+intitle:ending+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=bRW6UerQB8jbswaux4HYDg&ved=0CDkQuwUwAA" rel="nofollow">'They said they never wanted to go home again,' said Eleanor. 'Then we must remind them that the puppy will be waiting for them. Here they are now. <b>I'll stay with Dee</b> while you deal with the twins, Deborah.'</a><br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.de/books?id=ojrHjo8uAEkC&pg=PT65&dq=%22with+Dee+draped+tearfully+over+one+shoulder%22+%22Aren%27t+you+a+bit+late,+nanny%22+inauthor:neels+inauthor:betty&hl=de&sa=X&ei=PaS4Ue7HH8zDswaiwoHoDQ&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA" rel="nofollow">The professor came in from the garden with Dee draped tearfully over one shoulder</a><br /><br />And I love the gentle way he has with his daughter Eleanor.Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-86634580937431927762013-06-12T09:27:15.598-07:002013-06-12T09:27:15.598-07:00Oh, then I guessed right too! About your baby and ...Oh, then I guessed right too! About your baby and his baby too. Ha!Betty Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517346001348814015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-49939418421671146952013-06-10T11:59:57.503-07:002013-06-10T11:59:57.503-07:00Betty Barb is right!
The "adult man" is ...Betty Barb is right!<br />The "adult man" is my third oldest (Nathan) - holding his first (Baby Henry), and Betty Keira's fifth (Baby Maren).Betty Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16446092401692468002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-931981138747432610.post-21950539907033575072013-06-10T11:37:24.674-07:002013-06-10T11:37:24.674-07:00Betty Barbara here--
Ooh, quiz time!! The first co...Betty Barbara here--<br />Ooh, quiz time!! The first cousins are (hmmmm.....) the adult man and lovely baby Maren! (She is just sooo cute! I love that onesie she's wearing.)<br /><br />And it was fun to revisit Leonora. Most go digging in the box o' Bettys for a quick re-read.<br />And the sad thing is, Tony's ideas for 'saving' the manor were perfectly logical--he just went about selling the idea in the most ham-fisted way; indicating a total lack of understanding of Leonora and her parents. Fool!Barb in Marylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374278685536530837noreply@blogger.com