Word: bona
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...about these people. There are two women I know by the window; they are talking about somebody, and if you like "feminities" you will hear something interesting from that standpoint, I am sure. One of them is a grass-widow (cause, spiritual incompatibility), and the other is a bona fide widow (cause, a few years' bad cookery with digestive powers in favor of the lady now before you). They are talking about Mrs. De Sorosis, and as I am a meek little person myself they do not mind me but continue the following conversation as though I was not present...
...Bona fide widow. - Well, I always insisted upon it that my dear husband should accompany me everywhere...
...Bona fide widow. - Well, I think it is much more respectable to have him round occasionally, even if he is not quite up to the mark - you know what a time I had with my dear John...
...Bona fide widow. - I don't believe she cares a fig for him, anyway; she excuses it by saying that her intellectual reservoir would run dry without constant replenishing...
...Bona fide widow. - (Laughingly) You caustic creature, let's go and speak...