Posted by Jon on August 22, 2007 at 16:49:41 from 199.159.117.116 user Jon.
In Reply to: The 'Miss Nancy' enigma posted by Peter H on August 22, 2007 at 15:38:13:
ISTR (SD? WH?) Mrs. Dixon addressing Roger as "Master Roger". One possibility is that there's an implicit "cut off age" for using "Master" while "Miss", being used to indicate marital state as much as youth, doesn't have one and so may be used later in life. I certainly don't recall "Master" being used for boys much over 8-9, while "Miss" has tended to be used for older girls as well.