To: ladyjane
We husbands are desensitized to women making comments about us as a class.
First mention of "Lady Jane" in "Bleak House".
The birds began to stir and chirp.
“I cannot admit the air freely,” said the little old lady—the room was close, and would have been the better for it—“because the cat you saw downstairs, called Lady Jane, is greedy for their lives. She crouches on the parapet outside for hours and hours. I have discovered,” whispering mysteriously, “that her natural cruelty is sharpened by a jealous fear of their regaining their liberty. In consequence of the judgment I expect being shortly given. She is sly and full of malice. I half believe, sometimes, that she is no cat, but the wolf of the old saying. It is so very difficult to keep her from the door.”
To: Dr. Sivana
Your post is very interesting to me. When I signed up for FR years ago I couldn’t think of a screen name. My mother used to call me that name when she tried to get me to behave. “Stand right there, Lady Jane...” she would say. And my mother loved Charles Dickens. I strongly that she got the name from the ill-fated one from England and the cat from Bleak House.
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04/21/2024 10:28:09 AM PDT by
ladyjane
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