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June 26: I liked certain aspects of Maggie well enough. I will allow myself one note: there was a sense that the freedom of all was impacted by Maggie. As if Maggie took the whole of delight on offer to everyone and used it all for her own gain. No room for the enjoyment of others. Her freedom would always come at the cost of someone else’s liberty. Fire steals away oxygen. And Maggie was an unapologetic torch.
— Dec 03, 2025 10:49AM
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June 29: We would not have done it on the Sabbath, Miss, except Mr. Stanley says removing stains is the work of the Lord.
Well, it is, I’ll admit, a miracle.
— Dec 03, 2025 11:36AM
Well, it is, I’ll admit, a miracle.
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June 28: she listened to the news of the arrival of the countess like a battlefield general. She moved herself to be in prime position for their entrance. It felt like a shadow of the Montagues and the Capulets. Only instead of swords there were smiles. Which, at times, can be more dangerous.
— Dec 03, 2025 11:26AM
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June 28: “There are worse things, Islington leveled philosophically. “Yes,” I allowed, “but there are also better.”
— Dec 03, 2025 11:20AM
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June 28: One should go away long enough to know the cotton-soft contentment of coming home
— Dec 03, 2025 11:07AM
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June 26: Later, I came across Isla walking the calendar hall burning sage. Brushing the smell of the smoke away from my face, “What, pray, are you doing?” Isla found it perfectly acceptable to say, “We always burn sage, Miss Lion, all through the house after Lady Maggie has been for a visit.” Feeling like the whole of Stonecrop has taken a deep breath, and begun anew, I continued on my way.
— Dec 03, 2025 10:55AM
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June 10: Hawkes: Meet at the kitchens at 6pm. Be prepared for walking. I have warned the others.
Emma: Is there need for warning?
Hawkes: Every day should leave some part free for a Sabbath of the heart
— Dec 03, 2025 06:11AM
Emma: Is there need for warning?
Hawkes: Every day should leave some part free for a Sabbath of the heart
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May 14: Can’t stand the woman! She judges all in silence until in regular intervals, she clings out an opinion as though she were a bell. Most uncomfortable for of us who prefer to share our judgments freely without discretion. (Aunt Eugenia 😄)
— Dec 01, 2025 12:55PM
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May 2: I am not commanding you, rather I am establishing a benevolent dictatorship in which a command may be given
— Nov 30, 2025 12:36PM
