Frances Glanville Boscawen [ Aristocracy / Art and Literature ]
… Boscawen suffered bitterly when parted from her husband, but his career, and his absences, forced her to exert herself socially. She regulated home affairs on her own, and the house she bought and renovated in her husband’s absence, 14 … did the honours in a certain way that was agreeable and attentive to everybody, and yet (seemingly) with great ease to myself’ (Aspinall-Oglander, I, 166). Organizing the event had been a matter of some concern rather than great ease, but … felt a sense of achievement, dutifully couched in submissive terms in letters to her husband: I cannot help flattering myself that you think your choice of a wife happy in that point – in your public character. [...] I cannot but reflect with …
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