Re: Never on Sunday
Well, if mail went on Sunday, it seems reasonable to expect that the express would too.As I understand it, mail was not delivered at all in the country (I'm at Longbourn here) but kept at the local...
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Hi Bernadette,That is a lovely thought indeed - and I know most of us here appreciate how hard it could get with too many demands on one's time. I will look forward to reading the remaining 8 chapters...
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The times in Jane Austen’s novels which deal with an ‘express’ in this context show that often express = the person hired as messenger. In each occurrence the word ‘messenger’ could be used as a...
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Bernadette,You are very kind an thoughtfull to give us the rest of the chapters to the end. I'm looking forward to reading them. One, question: are you going to have the full story (the old version +...
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Bernadette,Thank you so much for taking pity on your readers and letting us see the original last chapters. I can totally relate to there simply not being enough time to put those ideas to paper (or...
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That's interesting! I would actually come to the opposite conclusion about most of those quotations: that is to say, that many of them could reasonably be "express" to stand for "express mail" OR "the...
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I searched the archives of RoP's Life & Times board and found this old message from JulieW regarding express messages: [www.pemberley.com](Hint: When searching the L&T board, always look for...
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Lizzy C. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> For example, no sane man would entrust the details> of Lydia's escape to the messenger, but rather to> the letter. It...
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You do have to take into account that sometimes Austen's language is less precise than modern English and sometimes more. The express rider did inform the Bennets of Lydia's elopement, via the message...
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Bernadette, thank you for being so kind to offer this resolution to your many loyal readers. You know that we will all be delighted to read it.
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I didn't think you meant that the rider would have been entrusted with the message, but I agree that the use of the terms is imprecise. I still have to say that those quotations along the lines of "we...
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OK, this is starting to make more sense. So if we assume that the "express" service was a series of relay riders, not affiliated with the royal mail and using post horses, that makes sense. It would...
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From my reading of JulieW's explanation, express mail was a "private" affair. As in the example of Colonel Forster, the express would have been sent "by a servant of his or a serviceman who could...
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Hi Tilly, Amy Beth, Janet and Suzanne!Thanks very much for your kind words :). Janet, to answer your question: um...I don't know? I actually hadn't thought about this question until you asked it!...
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Very nice! It makes me want to run and watch again :-) Thanks for posting it!
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Thank you so much for the posts, Bernadette! I have missed your beautiful writing, it will be wonderful to be able to read the posted chapters again and the ending of The Beautiful Friendship!I don't...
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"At Christmas every body invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather." ~ Jane Austen, EmmaWhatever weather you may be experiencing this Christmas, we wish you...
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Thank you, both for lettong us know and for the links!
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