I would recommend to her and Mr. D. the simple regimen of separate rooms.
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
Letter (1817-02-20) to Fanny Austen-Knight
(Source)
On Fanny's aunt, Mrs. Sophia Deedes, having birthed an eighteenth child.
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fertility
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WOLSEY: That thing out there’s at least fertile, Thomas.
MORE: But she’s not his wife.
WOLSEY: No, Catherine’s his wife and she’s barren as brick. Are you going to pray for a miracle?
MORE: There are precedents.
Robert Bolt (1924-1995) English dramatist
A Man for All Seasons, play, Act 1 (1960)
(Source)
Referring to Anne Boleyn, whom King Henry VIII wants to marry pending to a divorce from his present wife, Catherine of Aragon.
In Bolt's 1966 film adaptation, nearly the same lines are used:WOLSEY: That thing out there; at least she's fertile, Thomas.
MORE: But she's not his wife.
WOLSEY: No, Catherine's his wife and she's barren as a brick; are you going to pray for a miracle?
MORE: There are precedents.
