in the overbuilt exurbs of the megalopolis

[…] she was indeed Amanda in the flesh: a doughty chatterbox from Ohio who adopted the manner of a Southern belle and eschewed both drink and sex to the greatest extent possible.

I would still look to the Catholic priests for a degree of insight, because I know that complete ignorance is truly bliss, and narrowmindedness the most foolsome tool of all. An open heart would promise an answer.

More venemous and much more virulent Then any poyſoned tode, or any ſerpent.