Arcanum
“Her hair was long and dark and only slightly curly, which meant that she could plait it into all kinds of interesting weaves such as the German girls wore, but that were forbidden to Jewish girls.
Well, not forbidden as such. It was frowned on, and Sophia had been frowned on a lot as a child. Her mother, when she was alive, had been desperate for her to fit in, because Sophia was such an odd daughter, more interested in her father’s books than her mother’s cooking.
She’d said – often, to anyone... willing to listen – that husbands went to those girls who showed they kept a good house, not to those who could bisect a line or recite the opening stanzas of The Iliad. It turned out that Sophia’s mother was right.
Being Aaron Morgenstern’s daughter didn’t help: he was a bad influence on her, indulging her when he should have been disciplining her. She was the bane of the local matchmakers, headstrong and contrary. She was, in short, a disgrace to her family.
She kept a good house all the same.MoreLess
Well, not forbidden as such. It was frowned on, and Sophia had been frowned on a lot as a child. Her mother, when she was alive, had been desperate for her to fit in, because Sophia was such an odd daughter, more interested in her father’s books than her mother’s cooking.
She’d said – often, to anyone... willing to listen – that husbands went to those girls who showed they kept a good house, not to those who could bisect a line or recite the opening stanzas of The Iliad. It turned out that Sophia’s mother was right.
Being Aaron Morgenstern’s daughter didn’t help: he was a bad influence on her, indulging her when he should have been disciplining her. She was the bane of the local matchmakers, headstrong and contrary. She was, in short, a disgrace to her family.
She kept a good house all the same.MoreLess
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