#this story gives HEAVY credence to Gossipy Hen Watson

[skyriderwednesday]

We're now in 1887, previously we were in the 1881-1883 range so that's a bit of a jump. According to the intro paragraph, this drama is four years old, so Watson is writing this from 1891.

This was An Entire Thing. The upper crust of British society was up in arms about wealthy American heiresses coming over to marry high-titled noblemen, which was especially dicey at the time since on the whole new money Americans were far wealthier than old money Brits.

By the way, society papers = gossip magazines pretty much.

[faithful-grigori]

“#this story gives HEAVY credence to Gossipy Hen Watson”

We're now in 1887, previously we were in the 1881-1883 range so that's a bit of a jump. According to the intro paragraph, this drama is four years old, so Watson is writing this from 1891.

This was An Entire Thing. The upper crust of British society was up in arms about wealthy American heiresses coming over to marry high-titled noblemen, which was especially dicey at the time since on the whole new money Americans were far wealthier than old money Brits.

By the way, society papers = gossip magazines pretty much.