[Vwoolf] A frisson for the (very) modern reader

[Stuart N. Clarke]

In Nancy Mitford’s “The Blessing” (1951), Grace marries a Frenchman, aristocratic, of course.

When Grace gives birth (ch. 3), Nanny says: “He is a little black boy – oh, he is black.” . . .

!!!!

. . . “I never expected you to have a baby with such eyes, it doesn’t seem natural or right.”
“I don’t know, “ said Grace “I think one gets tired of always gazing into these blue eyes. I like this better.”

Stuart

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