Posted by Allan Lang on February 25, 2002 at 21:35:02 from 202.61.171.25:
In Reply to: Re: Male chauvinism- how things were done posted by Prue Eckett on February 25, 2002 at 02:47:44:
Prue wrote "Private correspondence may not be now, but societal mores especially prior to WW2 were strictly adhered to and as an educated girl of the upper/middle class, she would most certainly have followed them, less she show her lack of breeding.Remember, her family were known in the district, and a lapse on her part would have been noted, even by a railway porter."
Sorry, but, as her compostion of the reply telegram in Picts and Martyrs and her formal welcome to the Callums demonstrated, Nancy may be aware of the rules in a theoretical fashion, but her natural bent is not to follow them.
And I can only repeat Ian's question "have you read the books"?
The idea that Nancy would be concerned that "a lapse on her part would have been noted, even by a railway porter" would amaze the doctor, the postman, the boatbuilder, Sammy the Policeman, Young Billy the Charcol Burner all of who are well aware of her "lack of breeding".