in the overbuilt exurbs of the megalopolis

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.

[…] 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.

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