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mcctrishAlso “get thee to a penitentiary” is a bit extreme FFS! The Bellinghams are awful people. I‘m not sure which I want more, ‘Mr‘ Bellingham to die OR for him to live and get his ducks in a row 🤞🏼his mother catches the plague next1y
CuilinA girls life hangs in the balance, but heaven forbid we let Mr. Bellingham get annoyed. 😳1y
IndoorDameI thought even at this time a penitentiary was a prison. Is there another meaning?1y
BarkingMadRead@IndoorDame I looked it up, it‘s more of a charitable institution for fallen women, it‘s basically a rehab to make them “fit for society” 🙄1y
IndoorDame@BarkingMadRead 😬 better than prison I guess, but we all know those places have super shady track records historically…1y
Clare-DragonflyI was thinking a penitentiary must be more like a workhouse. A place for “fallen women” makes sense—a place for penitents… I‘m disappointed in my Penguin Classics edition having endnotes, but not one that explains “penitentiary.”1y
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