Isobel
A necessary job It is embarrassing for a gentleman to admit that there was a time in his life when he found himself in urgent need of gainful employment. Society considers some work acceptable, even laudable, for him to do. He might practise at the bar, but as I had no legal training, that was out. If he is well connected, he might become of clergyman and enjoy a generous living, but as I had never studied for holy orders, that was out too. He might become an academic at one of our great...