A Brutal Chill in August: a Novel of Polly Nichols, the First Victim of Jack the Ripper
““You like the pickled whelks, don’t you?” he’d said to her more than once, a smirk on his face.
She tried not to react.
Although unhappy to find herself pregnant again, Polly’s vexation turned to delight when the child she bore in 1870 was female. She named the girl Alice. The last two months of her pregnancy, Polly and Judith ceased to take their Mondays and Fridays for drinking. They agreed to resume the schedule again two months following the child’s birth.
The time off from drinking didn’t go well for Polly. With three children, the housekeeping, and the printing, she had more work than ever, and desperately sought a break from it. One month after Alice’s birth, Polly couldn’t wait any longer, and wrote to Judith, asking her to come as soon as possible. Shortly thereafter, the two women returned to their schedule.
Having gone without drink for a time, Polly had a frightening desire to cut herself loose from constraints and become truly sodden, yet she succeeded in controlling her ...drinking enough during her Monday outings to avoid exposing her indulgence.MoreLess
She tried not to react.
Although unhappy to find herself pregnant again, Polly’s vexation turned to delight when the child she bore in 1870 was female. She named the girl Alice. The last two months of her pregnancy, Polly and Judith ceased to take their Mondays and Fridays for drinking. They agreed to resume the schedule again two months following the child’s birth.
The time off from drinking didn’t go well for Polly. With three children, the housekeeping, and the printing, she had more work than ever, and desperately sought a break from it. One month after Alice’s birth, Polly couldn’t wait any longer, and wrote to Judith, asking her to come as soon as possible. Shortly thereafter, the two women returned to their schedule.
Having gone without drink for a time, Polly had a frightening desire to cut herself loose from constraints and become truly sodden, yet she succeeded in controlling her ...drinking enough during her Monday outings to avoid exposing her indulgence.MoreLess
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