Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason - Charles Dickens

Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Meow says the cat ,quack says the duck , Bow wow wow says the dog !
Grrrr!

Minerva House … was "a finishing establishment for young ladies," where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to nineteen inclusive, acquired a smattering of everything and a knowledge of nothing.