In "Tom Thumb," the impoverished parents abandoned their children in the forest because they could not afford to raise them. That was unacceptable enough, but even more shamelessly, they hoped the abandoned children would strike it rich outside and return to share their wealth with their irresponsible parents. She felt there was something wrong with that way of thinking.
You had already abandoned me and left me to fend for myself, so why should I be grateful to you and never forget your kindness?
Oh, you had your own unavoidable hardships.
Unfortunately, being born was not something a child could choose. Irresponsible parents should not have children in the first place; excuses could always be found.
Compared with the Heavenly Father who cast Adam and Eve out of Eden after they ate the forbidden fruit, she preferred the father in The Return of the Prodigal Son. He had a forgiving heart. She just did not know whether that prodigal son would fall back into his old ways.
If Severus's defining trait was stubbornness, then Bonaparte's was rebellion. Soldiers like that were difficult to discipline.
She would never go looking for trouble by becoming his teacher.
To handle him, she had to influence him subtly. She could not speak to him in the tone of someone proclaiming the truth.
He despised authority but admired venerable people like Jenner. To achieve that, she had not eaten meat for a long time. The British diet was centered on meat, and even when she was not hungry, it made her crave it.
During a famine, commoners could not even afford bread. If Georgiana still wanted meat, she would be asking for trouble and courting death. Marie Antoinette had been mocked for exactly that.
Hungry people were angry people. At such a critical moment, she