Yeah, why aren't any of them married? You might be able to argue the whole dowry thing, or the lack thereof, but that really doesn't hold a lot of seawater because while the convention, it wasn't the absolute. Poorer folk got married all the time.
Unless they were a family trying to keep up appearances and the burning shame of not bringing a dowry into the marriage sort of prevented the whole process.
Which makes me think of how far would Bush's burning shame extend. Is it Naval only? Or would he be consumed with it in terms of family matters because maybe he couldn't marry off the sisters (and lighten his own financial load) because he couldn't provide them with a portion to take into the marriage, etc.
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Re: all right. a BIG CLAY PIPE with the appropriate maker's marks. mama sends him off to sea w/a box
Date: 2006-02-13 03:40 pm (UTC)Unless they were a family trying to keep up appearances and the burning shame of not bringing a dowry into the marriage sort of prevented the whole process.
Which makes me think of how far would Bush's burning shame extend. Is it Naval only? Or would he be consumed with it in terms of family matters because maybe he couldn't marry off the sisters (and lighten his own financial load) because he couldn't provide them with a portion to take into the marriage, etc.