Word: fond
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tragically confesses, while passionately in love with the governess, Miss Pinney,--"the most spiritual-minded woman in the world"; Cora is obstinately devoted to an elderly grasswidower who uses her to shield his own unwelcome love for Miss Pinney; Mrs. Wheeler suspects her tortured husband to be over-fond of the governess, until both mother and daughter seek the affection of Clarence. Clarence himself, having secured a job as handy-man-around-the-house on the sole recommendation that he "could drive nails without swearing" is the confidant of the entire family, because, as he is constantly being told...