Ethel and Bernard returned from their Honymoon with a son and hair a nice fat baby called Ignatius Bernard. They soon had six more children four boys and three girls and some of them were twins which was very exciting. The Earl only got two rarther sickly girls called Helen and Marie because the last one looked slightly french.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- This passage details the large families of two couples, contrasting their outcomes.
- In plain terms
- One couple had many healthy children while another had fewer and sickly ones.
- What can you take from it?
- Fertility and family size vary greatly between households.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does this say about the society?
- Why the detail on looks?
Another view
The tone treats children like inventory.
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