![]() Here she was at the Duchess of Beaumont’s impromptu costume ball – but was she dressing as a glamorous character? Or even an evil one? Most of her acquaintances still got a tragic sheen in their eyes and promptly moved away after greeting her, as if sadness was catching.Īpparently, if one’s husband committed suicide, one automatically became the unappealing type of widow. Her husband had been dead for two years and no younger – or older – men were lining up to ask her to dance. She was the kind who lived in a shoe, and never mind the fact that she had no children and her estate was much larger than a shoe. Harriet had no illusions about what kind of widow she was. There are widows who dance all night with younger men, and then there are dowdy widows who are offered only pinched smiles. Harriet, Duchess of Berrow, realized soon after her husband died that there are glamorous widows, and then there are widows who live in shoes with too many children, like poor Loveday Billing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Cinderella’s stepmother likely put on a dazzling gown for the prince’s ball, even if her daughters did inherit her big feet and sharp tongue. Nursery tales are full of fascinating widows, although they aren’t always the nicest characters. And her Fairy Godmother brings a Goose instead of a Pumpkin ![]()
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