Back Roads to Bliss (Saskatchewan Saga book #6): a Novel
“No one had specifically qualified him as such, nor were there lists, to his knowledge, to which one’s name was added when he attained a certain status or removed when he slipped from proper protocol and importance. No matter that the Map of English Society was drafted years ago; in people’s minds, if not on their bookshelves, it existed.
Now, however, with these shenanigans of his older daughter, he felt he was in grave danger of slipping to the dreaded Fourth Class—along with lesser clergy..., doctors, teachers, lawyers, shopkeepers, artists, and merchants of the lower class. (Quincy had nightmares from which he woke up perspiring over the dreadful possibility of such a demotion.) People of moderate income were also in this bracket. Quincy’s income remained large, though his workers were restless, grumbling concerning their need of better pay. But they hadn’t a leg to stand on; Quincy had them where he wanted them. They lived in his houses, on his property, and if dismissed from the mill, they lost both wages—meager though they might be—and home.MoreLess
Now, however, with these shenanigans of his older daughter, he felt he was in grave danger of slipping to the dreaded Fourth Class—along with lesser clergy..., doctors, teachers, lawyers, shopkeepers, artists, and merchants of the lower class. (Quincy had nightmares from which he woke up perspiring over the dreadful possibility of such a demotion.) People of moderate income were also in this bracket. Quincy’s income remained large, though his workers were restless, grumbling concerning their need of better pay. But they hadn’t a leg to stand on; Quincy had them where he wanted them. They lived in his houses, on his property, and if dismissed from the mill, they lost both wages—meager though they might be—and home.MoreLess
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