Henry II. wore jewelled gloves reaching to the elbow, and had a hawk-glove sewn with twelve rubies and fifty-two great orients.

Having already raised four of her own children that had grown, she’d shared her momliness with Haley, Ryder, and him.

I was obliged at last almost entirely to remit my visits to the Grove, at the expense of deeply offending Mrs. Hargrave and seriously afflicting poor Esther, who really values my society for want of better …

My skin is hyperirritable and most soaps bring me out in a rash.