This covers pages 94-126 in my 1940 Grosset and Dunlap edition.
LOCK WILLOW, July 12th. - Judy gives DLL the lowdown on Lock Willow.
- Jervie: he's the family's ice cream.
- Oh look, there's some Lesbian content!
- Miss Jerusha Abbott, future great writer.
Sunday - This letter is full of farm news, religion and Master Jervie.
- Thank heavens she doesn't inherit God!
- Semples - better than their own God.
- Jervie was meant for something better.
- Drunk cow scandal rocks Lock Willow.
September 15th. - Judy comments on her weight gain.
- Remember when weight gain signified health?
September 25 - Back at school - Judy talks of roommates, politics and academics - particularly French.
- Orphan rooming with a Pendleton? Democracy!
- French convent? Foundling asylum? The same...
Vocabulary alert!
- Inimical means unfriendly or hostile - also intending to cause harm, yikes!
October 17th. - Those fun college debates are discussed, as well as the outcome of the election.
- Could one swim in lemon jelly?
- Sally was elected! "McBride Forever!" Huzzah!
November 12th. - Judy tells her Christmas plans and sends a photo.
- Her first home visit's in WORCESTER??
- The sun was in her eyes.
"STONE GATE," WORCESTER, MASS., December 31st. - A newsy letter about Christmas presents and the visit with the McBrides.
- A nice, fat, sunny cook? Anna??
- She felt benevolent as a trustee.
- White gloved orphan leads the cotillion.
- "Julia's desirable uncle" called with chocolates.
- Uncle Jervis - so youngish and good-looking!
- Julia says he's never this amiable...
- Don't throw dining-room clock into sea.
- Oh, are we expecting a denouement?
- Cookie stealing is a victimless crime.
- Tied like a naughty puppy. Damn.
- These professors keep contradicting one another!
- Paper chase ends at Chrystal Spring
- What's the secret to not flunking??
- Judy learns Shakespeare earned his reputation.
- Judy would make a great Ophelia!
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I had to dig deep for these questions and none of them has lit my world on fire, but I feel like there have to be questions and I would find the answers interesting!
Judy is surprised that Master Jervie was a redhead. Was being a redhead a good or a bad thing when you were growing up? [I always thought it was WAY cooler to be a redhead, but apparently now it is something you get teased for.]
Okay, you're an orphaned child. Would you prefer a french convent - pretty good food, nice-ish nuns, but no boys and lots of religion - or an orphan asylum - terrible food, indifferent care-givers, but less structured (except on Blue Wednesday) and a change of meeting Daddy Long Legs? [I think it's a bout a 50/50 split for me.]
Did you know octagon houses existed? In a related story - what is the strangest, goofiest or silliest thing you ever argued about or discussed at length? [I did NOT know they were a thing and when I read this every other time, I assumed it was a particular octagon building on campus and not an actual trend. I went to religious school and we used to try to irritate the teachers by asking if God could create a rock so big that God couldn't lift it. Never got a straight answer on that one, but a lot of dirty looks.]
Have you ever been to Worcester? [Yes! It's right nearby and we usually have the NEWBETSY Valentine's Tea at Judith Sumner's house, which has become the McBride house in my head. Try to get yourself invited there sometime - it's lovely!]
Have you ever taken part in a Paper Chase? How was it? [Nope, but I did watch the series on television!]
What is your favorite Shakespeare play and/or Shakespearean character? [A Midsummer Night's Dream is my favorite play, but I love the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet the best.]
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