Congratulations to you all on a fine ( and civilsed) start to the group

read.

I have so enjoyed all our intersting discussions over the past week, and so has Myretta.

The next Chapter-Fortitude and Resignaton- concerns a potentially delicate subject.

We both hope that , with a little appilcation of common sense we can continue our great conversations .We would appriciate your assitanceand co=operation.

Please do bear in mind( and we do appriciate taht it is sometimes it is difficult) NOT to read ahead.Post only on the chapters already under discussion..its only fair ;-)

Also, please do try to keep any discussion on the book within its
historical context.For example,we dont want to frighten any potential mothers amongst us with gruesome descpirtions of Georgian childbrith, do we?