A stern letter
October 8, 2023
Nettina Coldharbour was perhaps one of the more ‘put upon’ ladies of my acquaintance. Her mother, Volumptua, was still living, a termagant, a fearsome matriarch who ruled the family with a rod of iron. She demanded the highest moral standards from her family and spoke slightingly of their most trivial misdemeanours. She was forever contrasting … More A stern letter