Mrs. Bute Crawley, the rector’s wife, was a smart little lady, domestic, politic, but apt to overdo her “policy.” She gave her husband full liberty to do as he liked, was prudent and thrifty.—Thackeray: Vanity Fair (1848).
Mrs. Bute Crawley, the rector’s wife, was a smart little lady, domestic, politic, but apt to overdo her “policy.” She gave her husband full liberty to do as he liked, was prudent and thrifty.—Thackeray: Vanity Fair (1848).