> As its put in Little Women: "A man possessed of a fortune is in need of a wife."
No one in Little Women would have said that. That was from Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin.
The British have always been a bit different about things like that. The American feeling tends to be, Why buy a cow when you can get the milk for free?
Sue
OMG an erudite colonial!
And: Oh yes, we Brit's are definitely a bit different.
Besides I like high maintenance totty.
Gentling them to hand is a challenge worthy of me......